Pros and Cons of living in London, Ontario 

Woodfield, Hellmuth, Old South.

@@originaltommygreat choices... former Woodfield resident here!

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Hi Garrett, very informative video, thanks a lot! I will move to London from overseas, are there any neighbourhoods should I avoid due to safety, high prices etc?

Old South Wortley Village area home to many heritage properties ...It's laid back, no traffic and you often have fun hanging out with nieghbours on porches and back yards...The Wortley Roadhouse and store owners have weekend events, bring the kids, dances on the street etc.

Hi, so have you moved to London already what is your opinion about the city?

You will like Hamilton. Hamilton is not very affordable tho

U wont like Hamilton. Hamilton is very dangerous i hope you made the right decision for your own sake

Bus system is a mess as well.

Thanks so much

thanks Raman

congrats on your program! -- and thanks!

Same in September

Hey I’m going too where are you from?

@@ZachyR Perú and you?

@@ZachyR Hey i'm going there too. Fanshawe Colllege ECE program. 😃 Where are you from?

I have same your question

thanks Jeff

Hi. I shot this in the first week of December. We had snow until early March. Some years there's lot of snow and cold temps and sometimes not as bad.

It is snowing

Is it snowing now???

Outside of the city you've got many small town choices. Komoka/Kilworth (expensive) in the West, Strathroy (larger)/Mt Bridges, Middlesex Centre has some good choices like Ilderton, Lucan, etc.. and you have St Thomas a smaller city to the south

Bus service in London is still stuck in the stone age. Nothing runs past midnight. They believe everyone works Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. Buses mostly run late.

London is only 2hrs away so the winter pretty much lasts the same. London gets a bit more snow usually as it's inbetween two great lakes however TO is right on the water so it gets its own lake effect

I've lived in both provinces. Ontario has a larger population and more options for cities over 200,000. Alberta tends to be cheaper for cost of living. Access to the states in AB are like the Dakota's/Montana. Ontario you've got Michigan, Chicago, and NY. You've got more universities and colleges in Ontario.

Everything is expensive, unless you live EOA. (East Of Adelaide) That's where I was born and raised. It's pretty safe unless you live EOA. But I'm 42 and haven't even been murdered once. Prices for rent anywhere close to UWO or Fanshawe always have a hefty premium. It's also hard to even find a place to rent. More and more homeless every year :( . If you do decide to come here, give yourself lots of time to find an apartment or you might not get one.

@@dougo9135 thank you so much for the information and for taking the time to answer!

yeah its safe

No.

Lol that's funny...it's safe if all you wanna do is smoke fentanyl and smash people all day

It is extremely expensive, and most of the jobs are low pay relative to the cost of living.

Funny… yeah when I moved to Toronto I learned to adapt to the speed of the city, coming back to London was a shocker… I like to say it’s where people come to die. There’s a lot of Seniors here and they are in no hurry. My colleagues from Toronto all love the idea of moving to London, you can easily have a dual-income in the GTA and end up stuck in a Townhouse or Semi. Very difficult. I was fortunate, I ended up with a better career when I moved back and now London is very affordable. I’d love to move back to the GTA but Toronto is only 2 hours away. The main difference? I can get to work in 10 minutes instead of 2-1/2 hours. I think my best situation in Toronto was a 20 minute walk, but once I started working downtown it was definitely at least an hour each way. I remember living in Mississauga and having to get to Richmond Hill. One family vehicle, so if I took transit I had to leave the house around 5:45, just to get to work by 9 yikes. It can be 5 or 6 hours for transportation in the GTA. London traffic is not great in some areas but nothing like the GTA.

dont what

Do not move to London. The bus system is horrible. They still think that people all work 9 to 5 Monday to Friday. Many areas, over 20 years old still do not have bus service. They are incouraging business around the airport, but only one bus goes threw twice a day. If your hours do not match, too bad. Nothing past midnight. Weekend buses bad as well. We escape 4 years ago. Have visited our daughter. London is getting worse. She is hoping to escape a pe in a few more years. The downtown is a dangerous nightmare even in the middle of the day.. The downtown has been going down ever since they closed all the mental health hospitals. Lots of drugs and gangs, as it is a main drug trafficking route between Detroit and Toronto.