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Originally Posted by kings castle
I moved from NYC to toronto last year. Lived there for about a year with my dad, and theres not really much difference between the two cities if that helps any. It is pretty damn expensive. Im in school right now and on average the gov. takes about 43-53% of dat paycheck. soo ur really not even gonna be making much guap, not even enough to get by and not nearly enough to make u wanna buy a pair of kicks. Im just speaking from hear-say and what Ive learned in economics. Ive only had one job for a couple months and since im in school they only took about 100 off my paychecks.
Since you don't know anybody it might not be the wisest thing to just ship yourself out here expecting great things. Not a bad place to live tho I liked it, but I moved to Ottawa just a few months ago.
This is the most wrong thing I've read today.....gov't usually hits you for around 25-30% of your check which goes to health insurance and other things that help the city/country run. I've lived in a few US cities and there wasn't a HUGE difference in the amount of tax and benefits being taken out
To live in Toronto, you have to connect with the right people and you can move up that ladder rather quickly. Like anywhere, it depends on how much you want it. Great city, we have some of the best nightlife I've ever seen and our women are top 5 in North America