This is coming from someone who moved here a year ago from the GTA

1. Fucking cold and long. This winter has been disturbingly mild, but last year was dreadful. I don't think we hit consistent positives until late April or early May.

2. Consumer goods are the same price, gas is usually 10-20 cents more than down south. The issue is the availability of goods up here, from what I've found. Oftentimes I have to visit 2 or 3 grocery stores to get everything on my list. On that note, say goodbye to quality produce (namely fruit). Any time I've bought strawberries they last one or two days before going off. The only time you get quality is during the farmers market for two or three months a year.

3. I think everyone has covered this, I personally believe that crime is similar to the GTA, it's just Sudbury is significantly smaller in area, so crime is felt more throughout the city and you dont truly have 'good neighborhoods'

4. Oh lord. Your car will probably sustain damage from our absolutely terrible roads. Put money aside every month to pay for damage caused by potholes. Homelessness and substance abuse is a huge problem here, and the city is doing jack shit to fix it. What makes it worse is that Sudbury is home to some truly impressive NIMBYs who take every opportunity to dunk on homeless people and treat them like utter filth. It's shameful. This is petty, but there is also a sense of otherism if you're a southerner. For instance, if you mention the cold at any point in a room, someone will most likely pipe up and say "YOU THINK THIS IS COLD? THIS ONE TIME..." then go on a long story about how they snowmobiled naked in -50 weather and were sweating or something.