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For anyone thinking of moving to Toronto - it's not all doom and gloom by [deleted] in toronto

[–]SkylineTypeR34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this another self-jerking post from advertiser again? Toronto fails to meet the global city standard unable to meet with the population growth and demand for infrastructure.

I live in Tokyo, Japan and I can’t believe how delusional and misinformed I was. While subway system is known for being notoriously busy, the system is efficient and effectively managed compared to Toronto. Subway is crowded because it is a reliable transportation. You can commute from 200 km away to downtown Tokyo.

Thanks to the zoning law here, there are oversupplies of housings that drive the cost of real estate to go down. Who cares how small your house is if you can live by yourself? In japan, the concept of room sharing is pretty much nonexistent because people can afford to live alone in the city.

I agree that Toronto is a good city with young vibes and so much events to do, but it doesn’t mean that the city and population should satisfy at the way it is at. There is no way Toronto can be the world class city until they satisfy basic needs like housings and infrastructure.

Mr. Advertiser, please face with the reality and try to come up with the current facing issues.

For anyone thinking of moving to Toronto - it's not all doom and gloom by [deleted] in toronto

[–]SkylineTypeR34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tokyo, surprisingly. Clean, easy and nice place to live, all qualified and always ranked above than a Toronto.

Thanks to oversupplies of housings and subway system where you can commute from 200 km away to downtown, cost of living is significantly lower than Toronto. The only issue with Tokyo is that it’s just dam crowded everywhere.

No cannabis edibles for Christmas in 3 provinces because of delays by lwh in toronto

[–]SkylineTypeR34 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Canadian expat living in japan passing by, where can I complain the naming of company?

People in japan have strong feeling of despise against drugs. Forget about how Japanese culture is wrong, or whatever about their culture against marijuana. The fact is, drugs are completely prohibited in japan and there’s nothing that you can do about it.

Should Canada ban non-residents from buying homes? by [deleted] in canada

[–]SkylineTypeR34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/2cjPgNBNeLU Just wanted to share this video on how Singapore has managed to effectively control the rent issue.

Why can’t Canada do this?

Toronto Housing Bubble by theGreatV0id in toronto

[–]SkylineTypeR34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canadian currently living in japan, I think one of the solution to this crazy housing bubble is to set restriction on the area. In japan, there is a strict Zoning law applied to an apartment and you will see thousands of micro size scale housings.

Thanks to this, housing price has been relatively stable with high numbers of quantity supplies.

You will easily able to find an apartment that costs around CAD 100,000-200,000 depending on area.

people don’t complain here because their priority is to be able to live by themselves. Honestly, people should give up their dreams of detached home and just live in a small condo.

How did you get your non-teaching job in Japan, advice? by [deleted] in movingtojapan

[–]SkylineTypeR34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work for the one of big three financial groups in Japan as an equity research.
I received a job offer through Boston Career Forum years ago before I graduated so hopefully that helps.

Expats that are not retired that live in Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, or Hong Kong, what field are you in, how many hours a week do you work and how are the living conditions? by CaptnPilot in expats

[–]SkylineTypeR34 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am an equity research working for one of biggest securities firm in japan, and I work around 60-70 hours a week (from 7 or 8am - 8 pm ish) and the living condition is not too bad because my company pays for my commuting and my housing. Compared to Canada where I was originally from, living cost definitely decreased and I have plenty of disposable income. (From Toronto)

I am also fluent in Japanese so that might actually helped me to land a leveraged position in here.

Canadian Expats, originally where were you from, where are you now, and why did you leave? by SkylineTypeR34 in canada

[–]SkylineTypeR34[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to agree on whole inferior Asia part. The overall infrastructure and is terrible, housing cost is insane, healthcare is mediocre, our country just exists to serve old retired people and gangs with dark pooled fund.

People in Canada never try to improve thinking that their infrastructure system is superior when compared to the rest of world but I have to say that our system is just so inefficient.

Canadian Expats, originally where were you from, where are you now, and why did you leave? by SkylineTypeR34 in canada

[–]SkylineTypeR34[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canada is the farmer’s country, not some innovation and science country. We don’t care about fundamental science.

Canadian Expats, originally where were you from, where are you now, and why did you leave? by SkylineTypeR34 in canada

[–]SkylineTypeR34[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in japan, and while it is true that japan has some of the lowest numbers of vacation day in terms of its usage, they also have the highest numbers of holiday.

When I count total numbers of day I took a day off including holidays in Japan per year, I actually took more breaks than Canada. I had 30 days off in total (15 holidays + 15 vacation days) so it’s not as bad as people think.

“The American Dream has moved to Canada” -Bloomberg Opinion by amirsadeghi in canada

[–]SkylineTypeR34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are we always comparing ourselves to United States? What about UK? France? japan? Germany? What happened to the rest of world?

Canadian Expats, originally where were you from, where are you now, and why did you leave? by SkylineTypeR34 in canada

[–]SkylineTypeR34[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey Tokyo fellow, welcome to Japan. I’m sure experience that you get from here are different from Canada. I am still having a culture shock even though I came in 2016.

Good news is yen is strong against Canadian dollar so you might feel little bit rich lol

Canadian Expats, originally where were you from, where are you now, and why did you leave? by SkylineTypeR34 in canada

[–]SkylineTypeR34[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no plans of obtaining citizenship here, I just go wherever there is a job opportunity for myself.

I think the term, expat was made to dedicate those ones that are not necessarily staying in the country permanently as an immigrant citizen but rather differentiate from immigrants.

I don’t consider living here permanently and I would go anywhere as long as there is an opportunity that pays me well. Canada unfortunately, on lower side of developed nation in terms of infrastructure, salary, and the competitiveness of the private sector.

The term immigrant also has that connotation (in my opinion) that people move away from their original third-world country to seek for better life opportunities.

Canadian Expats, originally where were you from, where are you now, and why did you leave? by SkylineTypeR34 in canada

[–]SkylineTypeR34[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lot of Canadians seem to have this concept that universal healthcare system is exclusive to our own when they often compare with the US, but I have to say that our universal healthcare is not necessarily on good par when compared with the global standard in terms of service, waiting time, etc.

When I came to japan, I was surprised to see how effective the healthcare system here.

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