I heard a lot of people came to the Toronto suburbs between the 80's-90's, places like Mississauga and Oakville, because they heard it's such a great place to raise a family. That was completely true. I had a fantastic childhood in the area - but now, that's simply not true. Traffic, crime, druggies and hoodlums hanging out in the formely nice areas. Maybe the richer areas around the lake are nice, but screw paying $10k in property taxes.
So, what is it today?
Kanata? Regina? Small town Alberta? Utah?
I got a 4 bedroom in kanata for 300k. Im close to everything, dont need a car, have lots of trails and yet enough space to get away from the beaurocrats. When i moved in my neighbour said something to me about coronavirus and the Americans crossing at roxham road and I said the virus didnt come from America and he shut up and we havent said much since hahaha. I have a syrian family on the other side and theyre pretty cool. They wave and seem friendly. a few houses went up for sale the last month or two and they all sold so thats a good sign.