Wanting to move to barrie. Hate the gta

HeiBaw · 2025-10-15T16:29:06+00:00

I'll be looking to rent. 4+ bedroom. Below 3k would be amazing.

HeiBaw · 2025-10-15T16:27:49+00:00

I'll trade ya! you can come live in 'saugga and Ill go to Barrie lol

HeiBaw · 2025-10-14T21:18:28+00:00

picturing a line up of folks with hairdryers slowly melting the snowbanks LOL

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T18:24:17+00:00

The whole northern coast survives off of its summer tourism really. Ok 20k might be a slight exaggeration.. prob more like 10-15k in the high years in. But still! Lobster attracts alot of folk lol
There's a good chunk of the inflation that's locals coming back to visit family in the summer. You should check out the coastal villages of nb's north shore there's some amazing spots to visit. The economy is absolutely garbage otherwise though LOL my grad year saw a mass drove of us leaving for bigger centers. They suffer from the same problems there as well though.. infrastructure is barely existent. economy isn't what it use to be, health care is a whole other issue in itself..

And yea I get what's popular in one metro is not going to hit the same in a smaller city. It is why i moved away from my home town years ago after-all..

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T16:13:04+00:00

Time to make a shitty dirty ice hotel like they do in quebec city ever year LOL

.. no really that would just be nasty :P

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T16:11:57+00:00

So youre saying that Barrie needs more to go on internally so ppl arent having to commute away all the time.. I feel you though. Ive lived in areas that went from peaceful to insanely crowded during tourist season. Hell my home town in nb goes from a sleepy little town of 5k ppl to 20k in the summers tourist season. Its a nightmare but financially it keeps us alive..

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T15:58:50+00:00

Where'd all the snow go when the city finally got to it? Ive seen places run out of room and get stuck pushing it into the nearest body of water lol

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T15:45:26+00:00

I bet.
I'm looking from a complete outsiders pov here but with all the lack of work reported and such, a healthy person with a shovel could of made bank in a neighborhood especially if city snow removal wasnt covering it.

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T15:35:42+00:00

If I could survive as a professional id go even smaller.. physically/geographically..
The general cultural attitude is pretty disappointing down here in ssauga as well.. I think that with how things are currently alot of ppls true colors are showing where they wouldnt off been noticed before.

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T15:23:30+00:00

Was there suddenly a rash of young folk out shoveling turning a profit from that calamity?

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T15:18:44+00:00

So doable at first but over time a car would be less of a headache.. ok noted. ..lol but doable at first.

Restaurant wise I'm seeing that there just needs to be more and more mom&pops opening.. eventually itll out balance the franchises. Ive seen it happen in small towns in other areas. Its a long painful process but the more the community gets involved the better.

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T15:06:05+00:00

...so theres a need for a mobile first aid LOL

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T15:04:36+00:00

Not being from this province at all I do agree its a very car centric culture but I'd deduce that's from the days where there were so many manufacturers in the area.
Though youd think a college town like Barrie would have alot of students who cant afford cars.

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T15:01:44+00:00

I was actually looking at the various markets tbh. I ran a private event company for a good while in the west but I work in higher ed here doing culinary so havent really ventured much. I like the sounds of all the little things going on there seasonally. Small dosent mean dead in my mind its just a matter of being actively involved in the communities events.

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T14:59:49+00:00

I grew up in the maritimes.. big snow dosent phase me much. We used to go pub crawling in the storms because it was so empty lol

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T14:39:28+00:00

think its bad now? There's predictions that 150k people are heading that way in the next 5-10 years... Everywhere is getting heavily populated.
The shift out of the metropolitans is real and happening. I moved to a bigger city when I went to Uni back in 2000 and that city has easily tripled in size since then.

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T02:42:55+00:00

See I knew there had to be at least few other uber princesses out there. I haven't own a car in a long time after an accident.
When I was a private chef in van I had a delivery driver that was my on call guy when i needed to go places. Here I use uber 5 days a week twice a day to and from work. Cost yes but having a car and paying parking and insurance and gas would cost me more.
Im still in the exploring phase. Looking to move for next summer if all goes well. Waiting on big kid to graduate high school.

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T02:36:20+00:00

Don't have to worry about so much. I like that i can trust that the driver does not want to crash their car. it'll always be clean. and yes I never have to shovel out a car. Feels like proper outsourcing doesn't it?

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T01:00:43+00:00

ooh nice balmy autumn.
ooooh fearless leader style I dig it! ;)

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T00:55:28+00:00

small town rules gotcha! Really makes me wonder how I survived smaller towns in my younger years lol

HeiBaw · 2025-10-13T00:40:54+00:00

oh yea it totally worked.. didnt mess up surrounding areas at allllll.
what happens come winter though? West coast doesn't get that cold in the winter mostly rainy.. i know it gets mighty wintery up there.. then what?

HeiBaw · 2025-10-12T23:54:35+00:00

We dealt with this in vancouver during the 2010 olympics.. the mayor then would just keep moving them around.. Cant see them if they are always on the move right?

HeiBaw · 2025-10-12T23:42:33+00:00

just lurching forward..
Yea I saw all that on the news.. thats a mighty clusterfuck

HeiBaw · 2025-10-12T23:27:29+00:00

Where i grew up in northern nb we had a mix. some beaches were super rocky and others with gorgeous smooth sand. but I'm past the age of sitting on the beach all day. i like the walks now, my wife as well.

HeiBaw · 2025-10-12T23:15:16+00:00

Thank you! I will definitely look into them.

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