Moving/living in different cities/countries in life

[shootingstar]

Interesting TSPoet, on your need for visual spaciousness.

When I moved to Toronto, the first year I had to get used to just houses and buildings located more closely together. I lived there for 2 decades in 2 different neighbourhoods.

But later, enjoyed what the city offered in close proximity in terms of transportation options, services, cultural activities, compared to the suburbs or other cities that are sprawl and have less highrises, etc.

I like little quiet residential side streets running 1 kms. or less from a downtown corridor..but not so far out that I can't get there to enjoy city life.

When I worked out in the suburbs here in Metro Vancouver outside of downtown Vancouver, I hated it. Just way too sprawly and isolating. No sidewalks to walk safely to worksite.

From another engineer, who was Canadian and who returned to Vancouver after working abroad in Asia for a decade, he bought a house for his family in the Metro Vancouver 'burbs. They like the house, but his wife disliked having to drive all over the place just to do simple errands, shopping, etc. She lived a chunk of her life in Hong Kong and Taipei before immigrating to Canada. They now live near busy arterial roads, not conducive to cycling nor walking.