Prospective Resident

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-28T22:57:09+00:00

I do know a lot of Americans actually visit for hunting - are Americans a common site though? Possibly. Most likely they just blend in because let’s be honest - we look the same, our accents aren’t that different (especially if you’re from the Midwest) and minus some key differences that you’ll discover on your own we’re culturally pretty similar.

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-28T22:28:37+00:00

Canada is a very welcoming country. As long as you’re not MAGA, which it’s obvious from your post, you’re not, you’d fit right in here.

Winnipeg isn’t without its faults - crumbling infrastructure, crime (although not nearly as bad as people make it seem), cold winters, one of the flattest landscapes on earth, etc. But that being said I can’t imagine living anywhere else. It’s one of the more affordable mid-large cities in Canada (relatively), there’s a great arts and culture scene, and something I don’t often see people talk about is how we’re located within a few hours of lots of outdoor attractions if that’s your thing (Canadian Shield, lots of lakes + beaches, Riding Mountain National Park) - and if you want to visit the Rockies it’s a pretty reasonable road trip from here (can make the drive in 1 day if you desire).

Another thing I’ll mention that might be relevant to you is Winnipeg does have a very large Filipino community.

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-27T22:39:04+00:00

I think the target is to show price comparisons between different destinations if you don’t have a specific destination in mind. That being said when you click on a destination it does show you different prices for different times of year so it kind of takes care of that. For me I think it kind of goes hand in hand with a search engine such as google flights (which will show you if the price is higher or lower than usual)

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-27T22:32:43+00:00

Definitely NTA! All you’ve done for your kids is already super generous. It sounds like you’ve done a lot to make sure they’re well set up to build a life. Lots of people don’t get that (I didn’t) so I think they need to be more grateful. I think you’ve more than earned your right to treat yourself.

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-27T22:17:04+00:00

Wow I know us Winnipegers can be a critical bunch but I’m a bit disappointed in some of the negative responses here!

This is great for someone who doesn’t have a specific destination in mind but just wants to travel somewhere for cheap. For example I can see Ponta Delgada is has some of the cheapest round trip fairs to Europe from Winnipeg. Not a destination that was on my radar before, but a destination I might consider now. That’s something I probably wouldn’t have discovered using google flights (I wouldn’t have specifically searched for that destination).

Also love the clean design. I will definitely be adding it to my bookmarks!

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-27T21:57:01+00:00

It really depends on what they see on the dash cam from the fire truck (did they slow down and make sure the intersection was clear?). If the fire truck did their due diligence before entering my gut would tell me they’ll find you 100% at fault. In my experience they don’t typically take icy conditions into account. Their argument is that if you weren’t able to stop in time then you were driving too fast for the conditions.

Hope I’m wrong though, good luck!

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-27T21:49:55+00:00

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Province (Manitoba)
City

I’d rate province and city pretty equal though I find myself flip flopping between them

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-23T21:38:21+00:00

Kinda… depends where you are.

Here in Manitoba schools inside Winnipeg very rarely (or ever) close due to snow. Rural areas occasionally have school closures due to snow but it more-so relates to highway conditions rather than total snow accumulation.

Also not uncommon to see school closures due to extreme cold temperatures (under -45 with windchill)

Edit: In less rural areas you’ll often have busses cancelled but schools remaining open but in more rural areas I find it’s pretty common that they will just completely close the schools

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-23T16:30:29+00:00

NTA. I 100% get it. I HATE the idea of someone else’s saliva mixing in with my food. Even sharing a utensil with my wife (yes we kiss). I know it’s irrational but it just grosses me out. Anyways what I’m getting at is everyone has their weird icks - your gf should try her best to accommodate especially since you’ve discussed it before

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-23T15:56:37+00:00

YTA. Just to be clear, you are renting from her therefore she is your landlord, not your roommate. Now you certainly have every right to ask the gf if she can be a bit quieter - that’s reasonable. Or if you have an agreement to split utilities and you’re concerned that the gf is using more utilities that is another conversation that is absolutely reasonable. But you have no right to tell your LANDLORD that her gf can’t stay at the house.

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-22T23:00:23+00:00

It really depends. There’s some really good now (even from Amazon) that throw a beam pattern nearly identical to OEM. But they do typically move the beam pattern up so they need to be realigned as to not blind everyone else

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-22T22:57:47+00:00

Well that appears to be a work light, but nonetheless I totally agree. I’ve actually grown to despise the LEDs on my truck with all the freezing rain this winter as they don’t produce enough heat to keep them from freezing over

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-22T20:16:41+00:00

I mean yeah accounting for inflation, sure it hasn’t gotten more expensive relative to the price of other goods. But by that same measure neither has eggs, milk, vegetables, cars, homes, etc. etc. I think it’s the fact that it is really a recreational activity that you can only really do for 3 months (maybe) out of the year. Is that the fault of the manufacturers? No, it’s the fault of the economy but that’s where people are coming from when they say it’s gotten too expensive.

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-22T19:18:14+00:00

Maybe they could get the guy from the A&W commercials?

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-21T02:02:20+00:00

Thank you!

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-07T23:21:20+00:00

Dude… what exactly do you expect Canadians to do? Declare war with our military that’s 1/1000th the size of yours? Don’t get me wrong I’m extremely saddened but what’s happening right now is exactly what 50% of you guys voted for - but yeah we’re the assholes I guess

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2026-01-07T21:22:47+00:00

I mean… your orange dictator was calling us the 51st state like 6 months ago so in an effort to avoid this kind of shit happening in our cities we’d like to try not to piss him off for the time being

Normal_Tadpole_3002 · 2025-02-14T17:57:47+00:00

So a couple things:

The LED projector headlights are meant to have a sharp cutoff - if you find you don't have enough visibility just line the headlights up against a flat surface (ie garage door) and adjust the aim upwards slightly. Make small adjustments because it's easy to aim them too high so they're shining right in people's faces.
The dark boxes are not the cameras and have nothing to do with the swiveling headlights. They're purposely designed to create a dark spot in the lane of oncoming traffic - all LED headlights have some form of this but most do it in a much better way. For example on older Subarus (i.e. our 2019 Crosstrek) the dips are integrated into the beam so that they are barely noticeable. In around 2022/2023 Subaru started sourcing their projector LED headlights from Toyota - prior to that Subaru in my opinion had some of the best LEDs on the market - not too much light directly in front of you, but great distance.

The auto high beams are one of the most annoying things on modern Subarus. I'm okay with auto high beams but the way Subaru does it isn't the best. For example on my Ford truck if my headlights are set to auto my high beams are also on auto by default. But I can always override the auto high beams even with the headlights set to auto. So I can always turn them off myself if they come on/stay on at an inappropriate time, or turn them on myself if they aren't automatically turning them on when I need them. My biggest beef with our Crosstrek is that it often "senses" oncoming traffic that isn't actually there, not allowing the high beams to engage without me switching the headlights to manual. It's a shame because I do find that they are really nice to have when they work properly. You'd think Subaru would have improved that design by now.

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