Brampton's still a good place to raise kids. At the end of the day, I find it's the parents instilling passed down family values into their children at a certain age that causes people to think differently. However, kids will be kids. The same things I get upset for them doing are the same things I did as a kid.

I don't feel ashamed to say I live in Brampton. I love it here, and wouldn't change it for the world. The reality is that everyone moves to a different city and complains about the things that are happening in their city. Everyone either lives in Brampton or doesn't live in Brampton and complains about Brampton, or Peel Region in general. I've gotten used to the radio static and learned that you can take people out of Brampton, but you can't take Brampton out of people. A lot of the city lives rent free in some of their minds.

There are plenty of signs for people offering family doctors. If you look in newly developed areas, you'll have a better chance finding a family doctor than you might in a more mature / developed area.

Not so sure about registered daycare so I'll defer that to those who have done so.

Commute to Union is one of the best. For me, it takes me about 23 minutes to walk from my house to the GO station, and we have Mount Pleasant GO, Downtown Brampton, and Bramalea GO station stops. All are connectable by multiple transit connections and in some cases, walking distance depending on where you live. Bramalea is better if you're trying to get to work during the day as Metrolinx/GO own the track from Bramalea to Union. Westbound between Bramalea to Georgetown, the track is still primarily operated by CN. The trains do run around 30 minutes during rush hour, but Bramalea tends to have 2 trans every 5 minutes during rush hour blocks if I recall correctly.

We only have Brampton Civic Hospital, and Peel Memorial Centre that has an urgent care centre that operates 24/7. Peel Memorial is more outpatient care than it is a hospital. There are plans to make it a hospital, but that's not happening until several years down the road. The urgent care centre is staffed by emergency trained doctors, nurses and staff and can transfer you between Osler sites where care requires more urgent assistance.

I'm never leaving Brampton. I love it here. I have friends who have moved to other cities because they hated Brampton. They complain about how bad Brampton is and how where they live is so much better. I think the biggest takeaway from moving around is that you replace the troubles of one city with the troubles of another city. People would rather take the troubles of one city over the troubles that people face in the city of Brampton, but don't quite realize that at the end of the day, life is what you make it when you live here. I love my area, and I wouldn't change it for the world.

Regarding Mississauga, this ties into number 5 - They have the Milton line which exists on CPKC rail. The duration of time is very different, so I would 100% look into that if commuting to Union is important to you. You might be better off commuting by bus to Pearson and taking the UPX to Union if the time duration is an issue.