| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/9/2007 8:38:41 PM | I am.
I was born and raised here and now it seems as though I have lost a total interest in this place. I don't socialise much... I can't tell you the last time I dated someome from my hometown... I've lost interest.
Fortunately, I get a lot of social time at my place of employment. The single scene in my town has become quite a bore to me. I think I was meant to be in a larger city.
I spent time in the GTA this summer (twice) and I was absolutely excited. I enjoyed the big city kaliedescope. The different cultures and the life they bring into the GTA is very interesting and intriguing. As I walked down Younge Street with some friends this past august, I couldn't help but crave to be there. Last year I was downtown Chicago and fell in love with that place as well. I wish I had friends in Chicago... I'd be there regularly.
The reason I don't move is because I have commitments that must be attended to. i I can't turn my back on my daughters. As well, by the time my girls are old enough to live their own life (although, they think they can now - lol), I would be a bit too old for potemtial employers.
Anyone else in a funk?  | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 1:12:59 AM | My I......you are right about the GTA......i absolutely love my city. it has so much to offer and in the summertime it's one big street festival.
so no.....i could never be bored here.....so come on down to our next party
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 6:19:39 AM | | Me too My I. I've been in Kitchener for the last month training. While it's no Toronto I can't believe how it put's Windsor to shame. I've wondered a couple of times if I can transfer. Windsor bores me. My son's are grown but I do want to stay near them. Doubt if I can convince them all to come with me, so like you, I'll probably be here forever. Maybe we need to relook at our city through tourist eyes? | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 7:08:57 AM | Now THIS thread popped out at me!!!
I've lived in Oshawa all my life (except a few years best forgotten in toronto as a youth)
The city bores the (#*$)*#@$# outta me, HOWEVER; i refuse to relocate until my daughter is finished high school. I want her rooted with the same friends, same school until she's ready to venture out into the "real world" such that it is.
I'm also resistant to big changes.........the thought of moving to a brand new city makes me somewhat nauseous. For now i just go into TOronto or other cities for a night, explore, have fun and then come home.
hmmmmmmmmm i guess that's normal?????? boring?????? | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 7:16:41 AM | i don't know if i would say i''m bored, in fact, i kinda like the nice quiet life. I've grown up in this area my whole life and at the end of the day i still love it. I know Hamilton has a bad reputation but I love the mixture of country and city that I get, and I find people down to earth and regardless of whether I'm downtown or in the country, people will smile as you walk by. I like running into people, even downtown.
I lived in St. John's Newfoundland for three years and felt very trapped there..knowing that it was the end of the earth and if it wasn't there, i wasn't going to get it. My friends say it is very different now than when i lived there but, eh, I'm happy in the Hamilton area. And there is still lots I've not explored here in my area.
I spent 3 years commuting back and forth to Toronto for school and i HATED it. Toronto brings out the worst in me and while I'm finally familar with it, I don't like it and even now when I stay with friends, I can't wait to leave.
I've travelled all over the world but at the end of the day, nope, can't say i'm ever bored with my hometown..i'm always happy to come back. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 7:37:20 AM | I lived in Hamilton my entire life. Up until just over a year ago, now i'm in Kitchener. I didnt miss Hamilton at all, I thought it was boring, held me back, all sorts of negative things that added on with the other hamilton city putdowns that other people say.
Well being out in Kitchener is awesome, i'm liking it a lot, but now a part of me misses Hamilton. I realize there are quite a few things there that Kitchener just doesn't have. I am missing some people that I left behind as well. I dont always get back into hamilton to see everyone. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 9:46:56 AM | I moved to Ottawa about a year ago and I love it. However, I lived most of my life in Cornwall, Ontario (on the other end of the 401  ), and you probably could not get any more boring than that. Not much progression in the last 30 or so years, and not much in the way of good jobs unless you're a doctor or lawyer. Just nothing to do unless you cross the international border into New York State.
Other than the fact that my parents and grandmothers still live there, I do not miss Cornwall one little bit. Even my brother feels the same way; he lives here in Ottawa too. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 10:40:19 AM |
Not much progression in the last 30 or so years
That is the problem with Windsor... it hasn't changed. This is definitely a lunch bucket town. It relies too much on manufacturers. The city leaders suck at getting new investors......hell... they can't even get auto manufactirers to stay in this town, for the most part. And they definitely cannot entice new investments in the auto manufacturing sector (this city's bread and butter).
Recently, I watched the local news whereas the downtown business association is offering incentives to upgrade the facade of some old buildings. they bragged that a new start is on it's way. Blah, blah, blah.... I heard that many times over the past several decades.
Realistically... what large employer is enthused and enticed about an old building with a new face lift?
Maybe I am just fed up with changes that are for the worse... there is nothing exciting to look forward to. There is nothing colossal ever going to happen here except for a larger freeway to get freight through our town faster so they can get to other parts of this province/country.......Even that endeavour has made our city leaders look like the lunch bucket thinkers they are. It's an embaraassment.
I need to stop venting... I may leave this city tonight.
Ho hum 
The positive things we are getting in this city are.... a new sewage treatment plant and a casino for the Americans .... I'm overjoyed | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 11:45:07 AM | | Well I live in 'Borington' - the nick name that 'Burlington' has had my entire life - but what I have found - no matter where you live - life is what you make it. Only you can make the changes in your life to make things happen for you - that will make you happy and involved! | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 2:54:35 PM | I rather suspect that it might be seasonal. Never been to Windsor, nor is it top of my list of places to visit anytime soon, but I've lived in Toronto 18 years, and I find I get bored, too. In the summer when there's lots to do, it's great. Now, the days are getting short and the nights are getting cold, so options for entertainment barring theatre, musicals, and teen-ridden clubs are getting scarce.
Now mind you, it's not as bad as where I spent the first 19 years of my life in a town of 1200. There was one bar and one restaurant when I lived there, and pretty much nothing else. I go home around Christmas every year and find myself bored again within 3 days. Let's just say that the local liquor store can do about $40,000 in business on a Friday night, or $33 for every man, woman, and child who actually lives in the town limits.
How's that for a lack of entertainment? | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 3:41:16 PM | I grew up in Belleville. That town has done nothing but get a little more boring every year. Quite an acomplishment.
Living in Barrie now and loving it! Lots of places to go and things to do. Lotsa bands playing in the bars downtown if live music is your thing.
Kind of in-between seasons right now. Too cold for boating and not enough snow for skiing or other winter activies quite yet.
Barrie Rocks! | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 4:14:19 PM | I have lived in Oakville all my life and I tell you I am very lucky I live between Toronto and Hamilton where there are events to see and do. That is why when I get together with friends, we always try to cook up something different to do!
Next for me...We will rock you in two weeks! | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/10/2007 6:49:37 PM | H.E. DOUBLE LL yes!!!!!!!!
At least you have a city...I live in butt puck nowhere....the end of the earth some would say and let me tell you, I am oh, so tired of it...
but........until my son is finished school, until mortgages come in at less than my gross monthly pay, until I get placed in the old folks home, I need to stay in the area....my son has one and half years of high school left and I actually have a good career with my company(which spans a huge area) so when the chick leaves the coop I am off and running and still will be able to stay with my current employer....
or hey, here is a thought, I may actually meet someone and have a chance of moving to a more, shall I say, entertaining area.
One bonus though, I absolutely love it in the summer here...its so nice to sit on the porch and see the trees, listen to the birds and smell the great summer smells, like the dew on the grass.....maybe its just the beginning of winter that is making me so cranky today.... | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/11/2007 12:53:03 AM | Hi Darlin.
Sorry to hear how bored you are.
I grew up in Toronto and understand the lure your feeling. Chicago? Again, I understand the lure. Lived in Wasaga Beach for a time and found that charming, beach in the summer, mountains in the winter and fires burining all seasons. Hey, even found Vietnam entertaining. Lots of smells, lots of people, tons of bikes everywhere and the best food ever. Okay, the Red Sea beaches smelled like crab crap but hey, you cant have everything.
Maybe its time for you to travel around a lot in the next few months. Hopefully your taste for home will be inviting again.
Hey, for christmas would you like to help me cook for the homeless and have them over for dinner? Last year I had about twenty people show up. Now theres an adventure for you. Later a midnight walk stopping at the timmies to warm up before heading for home. Yep. Life is still good no matter where I am. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/11/2007 6:02:18 AM | | I have been to Windor OP and can only imagine how bored you are. No offense but I find it to be a dirty city. I have lived in London most of my life, with 5 years up in Timmins. Again, Timmins was another place that was not to my liking. Now back in London for some years and I am happy here. Not too big, not too small. Clean....not much more one could ask for from a city I think.. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/11/2007 6:09:44 AM | I grew up in Corner Brook Nfld, and although I love to go visit, there is no way I could live there again...ugh! I have lived all over Canada, and I was never really happy in a small town. Currently I am in Newmarket, and trust me folks....when I am in a position that I can do it...I am moving closer to the city!!! There is just something about downtown Toronto that excites the heck out of me!
MI...I am in Windsor right now. I am working at an auction here today, but last night I went to the Casino and willingly gave a donation to their cause. If this is the only entertainment here, I can see it getting old, boring and really expensive FAST! | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/11/2007 6:13:33 AM | | I've always wanted to be somewhere else, but whenever I got there, it seems at some point in time, I wanted to come back home even if I'd been gone for a year. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/11/2007 8:43:17 AM |
I moved to Ottawa about a year ago and I love it. However, I lived most of my life in Cornwall, Ontario (on the other end of the 401 ), and you probably could not get any more boring than that. Not much progression in the last 30 or so years, and not much in the way of good jobs unless you're a doctor or lawyer. Just nothing to do unless you cross the international border into New York State.
I moved to Cornwall in December of 2006 and YES INDEED, IT"S BORING ! There is NOTHING in this City... As far as progression... I think it would be better to say Regression as I think it's more appropriate. There's not much left here and the City is trying to find a new niche. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/13/2007 2:53:14 PM | | I live in a hamlet all of my life, to do anything you have to drive a bit well after all of these years I have figured out fun things to do right at home. You don't need a mall or a starbucks to have fun. How about get out of the city its a hole new world.... | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/13/2007 4:25:26 PM | Nova Scotia is boring. I'd love to move out of here someday. I've travelled out in the country and have gone to different stores or events , in the city as well. But it's the same thing all the time.
I definitely want to move in the future. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/13/2007 4:30:07 PM | | I love Nova Scotia. Wanna switch? I guess the "grass is always greener on the other side." | |
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libbyv
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Joined: 8/17/2005
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/13/2007 4:35:53 PM | | I may visit Toronto as a matter of fact sometime. Staying in the same province all the time can get to a person. I definitely have to travel sometime. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/19/2007 2:13:12 PM | i used to be bored with damn near every city i've lived in!
but now - i'm not so much bored as i am content with my surroundings (save a certain someone being here of course).
i grew up in hamilton and brantford primarily and i must say that both waterloo and kitchener kick some serious butt comparitavely.
i'm in kitchener now, but i prefer waterloo.
funny thing is: there really is no place like home. even though i dog it to this day, brantford has it's own charm. i wouldn't move back because of a crap job market in my field, but the city is definately "my size". too bad it's growing like a bloody weed since the casino came!
you couldn't pay me to live in toronto! the burbs i could deal with but downtown??? no way. when you can get run over by bike messengers, cabies or a simple blue-haired on a four volt, it's not good times! lol
i will say this for toronto - it does have friendly people on the street, but these same people do NOT work in retail or government customer service! some of the worst experiences of my life shopping or in lineups for governmental docs have all been in TO stores/agencies!
i agree that the culture, the street festivals, the lights, the architecture etc. can be big draws to bigger cities like TO, but the same qualities can be found in many mid-size ontario cities.
and finally: two words - road rage!
i love visiting downtown, living there just isn't for me. | |
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| Bored with your city?
Posted: 11/19/2007 5:58:12 PM | | No - I love my city/town. There's lots to do, I love the small town life very much. I love the land...the mountains, the water...all of it. And close enough to Toronto to drive down for whatever I want :) | |
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