[JoshW]

Are you saying that you need to live near casinos? What are criteria you think makes a place good for a gambler to live. If you are coming from states, good luck on getting a ****.

[bigboydan]

don't tell me your thinking about moving to Canada just to bet tennis

[Mudcat]

Without a more thorough answer to Laker's question, it is hard to give a comprehensive answer.

In general, I would say: the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto is just a great city. You can gamble on-line (like you can anywhere in Canada) - and casinos and horse racetracks are accessible.

But if you have any kind of a balanced life and interests outside gambling, Toronto is the place to be. There are museums, theatre, the film festival, sports (to watch and participate in), music, the lake, restaurants, WOMEN - everything you could want. And if you like the great outdoors, you don't have to go far to find some beautiful spots.

It's a great place for this gambler.

As a recovering addict/alcoholic who grew up here I can assure you that (a) it's not a dry and clean area and (b) there is a thriving recovery community.

Now if you REALLY like the great outdoors and that's a MAJOR priority, you would probably be better off out west in the Rockies. Banff or Whistler or something like that. You can still gamble on-line but you would obviously not be as close to as many casinos and racetracks as in Toronto.

If being close to the border is the major factor, Windsor is probably a good choice. It's right beside Detroit, there's a casino, you can gamble on-line of course. But you miss out on all the stuff Toronto has to offer (it's a 3-4 hour drive I would guess).

Mind you Toronto is much closer to the border at Buffalo. (Couple hours??)

[JoshW]

If you are considering the US NW, Canada BC area. Consider Victoria, BC. Can get there about as quick as Vancouver. I think Victoria is my favorite city in Canada and rents are cheaper than Vancouver in general. If you want the bigger urban experience, Toronto or Vancouver are good.

[Halifax]

I could have them sign up for a Betfair account for me, but I doubt they'd be willing to sit in front of the screen all day trading/hedging all day for me as I direct them over messenger

Why don't you just set up a computer at their place in Vancouver, pay the $50 per month for high-speed internet access so that it's connected to the internet, and connect to that computer from your own computer over the internet using Remote Desktop or VNC ?

That way, you could live wherever you want to live, accessing the computer in Vancouver by internet to make your bets. The only thing your friends in Vancouver would really have to do is make sure that they turn your computer back on in the event of a power outage or if your computer crashes.

[tacomax]

Good info there, Halifax. But I think OWNED just wants to get that little bit closer to Mudcat.

[xxx]

you wanna see some ASS come to montreal

[imgv94]

Why don't you just set up a computer at their place in Vancouver, pay the $50 per month for high-speed internet access so that it's connected to the internet, and connect to that computer from your own computer over the internet using Remote Desktop or VNC ?

That way, you could live wherever you want to live, accessing the computer in Vancouver by internet to make your bets. The only thing your friends in Vancouver would really have to do is make sure that they turn your computer back on in the event of a power outage or if your computer crashes.

Wow that is interesting. I didn't think this was possible?

[Mudcat]

I myself have never been to Vancouver or Victoria - goddamn, this is a big country - but I have heard great things about both cities.

The whole rest of the country hates Toronto of course.

[Hulu]

I myself have never been to Vancouver or Victoria - goddamn, this is a big country - but I have heard great things about both cities.

The whole rest of the country hates Toronto of course.

I've always said...the other 3/4 of the country can't be wrong. I have to travel to Toronto quite frequently but its in and out and I spend as little time there as possible.

My favourite Canadian cities are...Montreal, Quebec City (if you can speak a bit of french at least), Victoria, Vancouver & Halifax.

[Mudcat]

Quebec City has a lot of personality. If I was a more adventurous sort of a guy, I might like to go live there and try that whole experience. The Frenchness and the high taxes would be issues for many people but they wouldn't bother me.

However I'm very settled where I am right now.

I haven't been to Halifax for about 10 years but I loved it. I should stop in for a Donair sometime.

[Hulu]

Yeah Halifax is beautiful (the city I mean, not the guy posting in this thread). I visited last time the tall ships were in town and it was really quite spectacular.

And yes...KoD is awesome. I have never found a donair like that in Ontario.

[daystrom]

Forget Toronto unless you like to pay ever-increasing property taxes while being harrassed by pan-handlers on every corner. Let's not forget the fuckers in city hall who wanted to sneak in a 9% pay raise for themselves - the same ******* NDP fuckers who ******* want to put more social housing in my neighbourhood (Riverdale) just because the ******* leader Jack ******* Lenin is the ******* NDP critic for that portfolio and he used to live here.

[RickySteve]

Forget Toronto unless you like to pay ever-increasing property taxes while being harrassed by pan-handlers on every corner. Let's not forget the fuckers in city hall who wanted to sneak in a 9% pay raise for themselves - the same ******* NDP fuckers who ******* want to put more social housing in my neighbourhood (Riverdale) just because the ******* leader Jack ******* Lenin is the ******* NDP critic for that portfolio and he used to live here.

Who said the quality of the forum is in decline?

[Hulu]

Sorry daystrom...Hamilton has you beat for the worst municipal government in Canada.

-They elect a mayor with known mafia connections who is being bankrolled by developers
-City is basically bankrupt and their solution is to build another expressway over the last green space in the city.
-The city has spent over $100 million suing other levels of government over the expressway which is under construction already even though it lacks several major approvals. I guess they just don't get it...when one level of government sues another level of government the only loser is the taxpayer who is footing the bill for both sides. At least mayor DiIanni is finally being charged with election offences after he basically bought his way to power.