desirable place to live by clover kicker (2.00 / 0) #6 Thu May 08, 2008 at 06:25:29 PM EST
That's putting it mildly, assuming there's any work nearby.

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That's the catch by Greener (2.00 / 0) #7 Thu May 08, 2008 at 06:43:26 PM EST
The main industry around here is tourism and adventure sport. Except for one smallish software company there's no IT work unless you telecommute.

The place went through a massive bust about the same time as Calgary's first oil bust in the early 80s when the mill shut down. At the time you could get a 4000 sq ft Victorian home for under 15k as the place emptied. The town restored it's main street to it's turn of the century look and reinvent itself as a tourism destination. Those big old Victorian houses now go for over 650k and anything on the waterfront is at least a million.

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I'm Down East by clover kicker (2.00 / 0) #8 Thu May 08, 2008 at 07:04:58 PM EST
So I know exactly what it's like to live in a beautiful spot with crappy work prospects.

Once upon a time I had great hope in telecommuting, but it seems mostly practiced by people who work for Toronto companies but live in the remote wilds of Brampton.

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Woah woah woah! by Driusan (2.00 / 0) #9 Thu May 08, 2008 at 10:43:34 PM EST
Crappy work prospects? But you could become a.. a lobster fisherman, or a.. a.. a professional beer drinker! Or even an amateur beer drinker!

The sky is the limit!
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you forgot lumberjack and potato farmer -nt- by clover kicker (2.00 / 0) #12 Fri May 09, 2008 at 09:52:47 AM EST


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Let's not get carried away here (nt) by Driusan (2.00 / 0) #13 Fri May 09, 2008 at 04:49:18 PM EST

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