I am ready to move to Winnipeg. Raleigh, NC here. What is the IT job market like there? I work as a Linux Administrator here. I have been looking at housing costs and realized that they are sometimes lower than here. Amazing.
The IT job market is decent. Winnipeg does not have a lot of “tech” companies so it limits the amount of IT but there seems to always be openings for IT workers. Plus, that is a job where you could find remote work while enjoying the low cost living of Winnipeg!
I think your video is very educational. In general, Winnipeg (The Forks) is a great choice and does have about a million people living in it. Though it is not a mega region like Greater Toronto (GTA) or Greater Vancouver (The Lower Mainland) with millions of people living in it. With the price-wage index that comes with it. High rent low wages. Unlike Calgary and Edmonton Alberta cities that I like. These centres still have to deal with "boom and bust" cycles. As a result of the gas and oil industry which can be very stressful and problematic. Based on my observations, Winnipeg (The Forks) has done a good job with The Exchange District, The Forks, and other areas. Winnipeg is not inherently "woke," even though the city boasts a fantastic art and culture scene that is less woke and more artistic. I believe this is a result of Winnipeg (The Forks) being a blue-collar city at heart, and I like that. "Takin' Care of Business" means still diverse but a working-class type of a diverse city. I have excluded Montreal, Quebec, since it is hard to make a livelihood there if you do not speak core French. Laws pertaining to the French language, etc.
Thanks for your comment! One thing that all Winnipegers will agree on is that the whole city feels like a giant small town. The people are nice, we have the basic amenities and you will constantly be playing the game of who knows who
There is actually quite a large French demographic in Winnipeg. Areas such as St Boniface are primarily French and most of the street signs for example are either bilingual or just in French
@@MbisonBalrog Winnipeg has a deep history with the French settlers and in fact we even have a Holiday upcoming in February called Louis Riel day. He was instrumental in getting rights for the Red River Metis people in Manitoba
No it is not , I spent 13 years there and left for good this year. Manitoba is set to become even more crowded as it's one of the easiest provinces to get PR. There are hundreds of people chasing min wage jobs and the cost of housing is going up. An unrenovated one bed now will set you back around $1100 a month in a descent area. There are homeless encampments all over and it's getting more unsafe with unhinged drug addicts everywhere. Much like the rest of Canada really..
It sounds like a lot of your grievances are with Canada and not Winnipeg. The cost of housing is up less than 4% this year in most areas of Winnipeg which is actually pretty sustainable compared to the rest of Canada.
Haha! That’s totally true. In my experience when travelling and people find out I’m from Canada they rarely guess Montreal because I’m not speaking French
No, no it is not. Have a look at Quality of Life rankings for North American cities with populations of 500k or more. I rest my case. Housing ranks higher than the rest, because no one wants to live here (see every other category). 😆
@@schtoop2234 Only 1 spot behind Toronto! Yet so many people are moving here from other Canadian cities…so I guess maybe they need to update the quality of life index
Loved the winterpeg part 🤣🤣
Haha it’s got the nickname for a reason
I am ready to move to Winnipeg. Raleigh, NC here. What is the IT job market like there? I work as a Linux Administrator here. I have been looking at housing costs and realized that they are sometimes lower than here. Amazing.
The IT job market is decent. Winnipeg does not have a lot of “tech” companies so it limits the amount of IT but there seems to always be openings for IT workers. Plus, that is a job where you could find remote work while enjoying the low cost living of Winnipeg!
@ thank you for your input.
@ great point!
@dallaswilliams8853 Yes. In fact, I did consider the exchange rate when looking at prices and rent. It makes it that much more tantalizing.
I think your video is very educational. In general, Winnipeg (The Forks) is a great choice and does have about a million people living in it. Though it is not a mega region like Greater Toronto (GTA) or Greater Vancouver (The Lower Mainland) with millions of people living in it. With the price-wage index that comes with it. High rent low wages.
Unlike Calgary and Edmonton Alberta cities that I like. These centres still have to deal with "boom and bust" cycles. As a result of the gas and oil industry which can be very stressful and problematic.
Based on my observations, Winnipeg (The Forks) has done a good job with The Exchange District, The Forks, and other areas. Winnipeg is not inherently "woke," even though the city boasts a fantastic art and culture scene that is less woke and more artistic.
I believe this is a result of Winnipeg (The Forks) being a blue-collar city at heart, and I like that. "Takin' Care of Business" means still diverse but a working-class type of a diverse city.
I have excluded Montreal, Quebec, since it is hard to make a livelihood there if you do not speak core French. Laws pertaining to the French language, etc.
Thanks for your comment! One thing that all Winnipegers will agree on is that the whole city feels like a giant small town. The people are nice, we have the basic amenities and you will constantly be playing the game of who knows who
How Winnipeg have French?
There is actually quite a large French demographic in Winnipeg. Areas such as St Boniface are primarily French and most of the street signs for example are either bilingual or just in French
@@codyneustaedterrealestate I’d like to learn bout French settling elsewhere besides Quebec
@@MbisonBalrog Winnipeg has a deep history with the French settlers and in fact we even have a Holiday upcoming in February called Louis Riel day. He was instrumental in getting rights for the Red River Metis people in Manitoba
@@codyneustaedterrealestate you can make whole vid on that
Festival du voyeur is an awesome celebration that celebrated part of our French history.
True they sleep on that WINNIPEG 😂😂😂😂👍
No it is not , I spent 13 years there and left for good this year. Manitoba is set to become even more crowded as it's one of the easiest provinces to get PR. There are hundreds of people chasing min wage jobs and the cost of housing is going up. An unrenovated one bed now will set you back around $1100 a month in a descent area. There are homeless encampments all over and it's getting more unsafe with unhinged drug addicts everywhere. Much like the rest of Canada really..
It sounds like a lot of your grievances are with Canada and not Winnipeg. The cost of housing is up less than 4% this year in most areas of Winnipeg which is actually pretty sustainable compared to the rest of Canada.
I think of Montreal, but then again that's Quebec, not Canada
Haha! That’s totally true. In my experience when travelling and people find out I’m from Canada they rarely guess Montreal because I’m not speaking French
No, no it is not. Have a look at Quality of Life rankings for North American cities with populations of 500k or more. I rest my case. Housing ranks higher than the rest, because no one wants to live here (see every other category). 😆
@@schtoop2234 Only 1 spot behind Toronto! Yet so many people are moving here from other Canadian cities…so I guess maybe they need to update the quality of life index