Very suburban though. Lora of traffic congestion now and very expensive. I have lived and worked in cities all across Canada and Barrie really is nothing special. Also terrible climate, sweltering hot summers with heavy thunderstorms and tornadoes. Winter is grey and snow every day! The winters here are worse than those in the Maritimes, where I grew up. No real community here now. The monthly carrying costs to own are so high here, and I know because I am a home owner here.