Living in Canadian Provinces.....Top Reasons (ZT)

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TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

4 }5 k  ]* P! V1. Vancouver: 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math.
2. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown.
3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations.
4. There's always some sort of deforestation protest going on.
5. Weed
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TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ALBERTA

) O- p% M. Y" l/ I1. Big rock between you and B.C.
$ G# H5 _4 |0 }3 ]  P+ j2. Ottawa who?
3. Tax is 6% instead of approximately 20% as it is for the rest of the country.
% ?- k2 I+ F# m* u4. You can exploit almost any natural resource you can think of.
. r4 N2 ~; z" q( P5. You live in the only province that could actually afford to be its own country.
* ]% R4 p% N3 g, a. l' i( Z6. The Americans below you are all in anti-government militia groups.
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9 `& C& x1 |2 ^7 i* r% J  QTOP REASONS TO LIVE IN SASKATCHEWAN

% g8 X/ E* j1 u$ p4 D& H0 q1. You never run out of wheat.
( |% F- L) d" J. ~# {/ `& x* ?2. Your province is really easy to draw.
6 I( X  t9 W& F. Y/ v$ q4 y3 x. s3. You can watch the dog run away from home for hours.
4. People will assume you live on a farm.
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1 N- M; l+ Z* a- cTOP REASONS TO LIVE IN MANITOBA

1. You wake up one morning to find that you suddenly have a beachfront property.
2. Hundreds of huge, horribly frigid lakes.
3. Nothing compares to a wicked Winnipeg winter.
4 ~0 n9 G, V+ \4. You can be an Easterner or a Westerner depending on your mood.
3 E+ a$ p( {8 E0 i' X5. You can pass the time watching trucks and barns float by.
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TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ONTARIO

9 K1 J/ H6 }- N7 z1. You live in the centre of the universe.
, H$ w/ `  c% i/ m2. Your $400,000 Toronto home is actually a dump.
3. You and you alone decide who will win the federal election.
4. The only province with hard-core American-style crime.

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TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC
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) V  C( |6 M4 h( B9 C1. Racism is socially acceptable
( G* A3 }& o7 }" j$ O( R' p2. You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbour will move out next.
$ U' `+ L8 u/ P4 y, z+ I3 f  s$ M3. Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada.
4. You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo *
TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK
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TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK

1. One way or another, the government gets 98% of your income.
9 P! V* ?) {# l+ t2. You're poor, but not as poor as the Newfies.
! r) W: S( x: s0 n+ G* I) m3. No one ever blames anything on New Brunswick
, Y; k, n% }" B& O' R4. Everybody has a grandfather who runs a lighthouse.
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/ Z/ s$ r  |+ D1 {! tTOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NOVA SCOTIA


/ ]$ P0 T8 V0 M% o7 E4 k1. Everyone can play the fiddle. The ones who can't, think they can.
2. You can pretend to have Scottish heritage as an excuse to get drunk and wear a kilt.
/ L) c9 J4 P# {1 V3 K5 U, B3. You are the only reason Anne Murray makes money.
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TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
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5 P3 l$ }" _, C: h/ z. k1. Even though more people live on Vancouver Island, you still got the big, new bridge.
0 i% T. i2 i# N1 M9 C2. You can walk across the province in half an hour.
* O2 c( V' m' v# o) f3. You can drive across the province in two minutes.
4. Everyone has been an extra on "Road to Avonlea."
( s1 k4 L/ b9 V% _5. This is where all those tiny, red potatoes come from.
4 @  ?! m. q2 V8 l" Q0 d2 p6. You can confuse ships by turning your porch lights on and off at night.
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TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEWFOUNDLAND

$ I4 A' X3 x& R1. If Quebec separates, you will float off to sea.
2. If you do something stupid, you have a built-in excuse.
3. The workday is about two hours long.
- ~& D2 C, A6 u' I0 q  |4. It is socially acceptable to wear your hip waders to your wedding

BaiLing

Good to know

Mike_Wan

曾经想搬去那里，并且专程跑了一趟，那是前年春天的事情。
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住在一家移民接待站，房东打政府工，1200尺的平房，大学附近，前进双车库，大概只有28万。这样的房子，在我们这里得50-60万了吧。
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5 ~- r) o) F; J1 F. E1 ]3 n聊起来，说是春天会发洪水。 Red River从南往北流，好像是美国的一个什么地方，到了春天，雪水就从山上流下来，并夹杂着大冰块，经常堵塞河道。这就是第一句话的由来了。不过，据房东说，市政府另修了一条疏洪渠，应该可以解决洪水泛滥的问题。当时，听到河水是由南往北，由美国往加拿大流，就觉得怪怪的。总觉得水应该是由东往西，由北往南流。
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至于冬天，没有在那里呆过，只是听人家说起过。好像，温尼泊的冬天，确实厉害。
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如果看地图，温尼泊在加拿大的中间，所以，做加东还是加西，由你选。
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. I0 p% V) }% S  ?5 z, J看房价的话，加拿大从东到西，几个大中城市里面，就她的房价，还比较低了。
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, I0 ^$ w' Z9 M) l爱民顿、卡而加利，到今年的萨斯卡通、瑞嘉纳，轮番上涨的时候，后面都有一个跟着上涨凑热闹的尾巴，那就是温尼泊了。

曾经主张新移民去温尼泊，就是觉得那里的房子还负担的起。等那里的房价也炒上去，整个加拿大，就没有适合新移民落脚的地方了。