First Impressions of Kitchener, Waterloo After 39 Years in Toronto, Ontario CANADA
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- What's it like to live in Kitchener Waterloo Ontario Canada? After most of my life in Toronto, we're taking a trip to Waterloo for 3 days. Toronto vs Waterloo. Waterloo has a lot of farmers markets and nature trails so it sounds like a great place to live. Cheaper than Toronto for rent, better air. But first impressions of the sketchy downtown have us second guessing our trip lol... What's the best city to live in Ontario Canada?
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Waterloo/Kitchener is a pretty big city. It’s not Toronto big but it’s not a small town either, 527,000 people in the metropolitan area.
242k people. Even if you add Cambridge that's only another 129k people.
@@RyanPowerhouse where did you get these numbers? that area hasn't been that small in decades. the entirety of waterloo region has over 630'000 people with a projected population of just under 1'000'000 by 2050. it's not as big as toronto, calgary or montreal of course, but it's already the 10th largest metro in canada coming only behind hamilton
Sounds like a great place to practice dry fasting.
BC is where it's at. Warm weather, mountains, forest and greenhouses where you can grow your own fruit year round.
@@dadigitechman Get your 💉s first! Be curtious of others!
Don't forget the Canucks either best hockey team in the world.
Yep. Head to Vancouver or the Okanagan Kasey.
I moved to BC from K/W were it not for the weather I would wish I had stayed in Ontario the expense and the culture are very different. Waterloo has Canada's largest farmers market too lots of Mennonites nearby in St. Jacobs.
Always raining there
“Why r they wearing masks? Is there a virus I should know about?” Lmao
You look really good for 39+ years. Keep it up 😎
How can you say 'nobody cares'? We wouldn't be here if we didn't.
Lived in Toronto for 25 years as well and in 2017 moved here to Kitchener/ Waterloo. Best life decision I made. Love it here.
Yea we do too.. 6 years here. Great place.
What's the commercial real estate like?
@@drdelewded there are a lot of shops, restaurants, etc and a lot of office buildings.
I do not know about real estate prices. Except that it's up compared with a few
years ago, even though not as bad as in Toronto.
@@ellenpa2000 Im looking for old churches or warehouse spaces
I say keep searching, doesn't seem to be home
Waterloo
Couldn't vlog if he wanted to
Waterloo
Everything's closed at night for you
Wa-Wa-Wa-Wa Waterloo
He's finally visiting Waterloo
It's fun seeing the town I live through your eyes. While you're here, you could visit me and my cat!
We should have left this country while we still could
I grew up in Mississauga, 26 years, moved out west 20 years ago, lived in Alberta for 5 and the last 15 in a few places in BC, BC is the best, come out to Kelowna and Osoyoos next summer and I guarantee you will want to move here.
Going on the road in Canada, sweet!
he took the death jab. 💉🧬
@@SalsaSippin_ You new?
@@goatsmilk7751 been here since he had 8k subs. Longer then you. He took the bad bad shot and is hiding it.
@@SalsaSippin_ That's nice. You must have missed a lot of shows. I take buses in Kitchener and no one is forced to kill themselves. It is suggested, but not enforced.
@@SalsaSippin_ OK I looked it up and it is only interprovincial travel. He didn't have to leave the province. Thank goodness it is a large province. How long have you been watching--in years, I mean. I discovered his camera channel first, then started watching just before he left for Thailand. You have got to know he is a truther. You don't take the jab just to travel 1 1/2 hours.
Omg downtown Kitchener is SO SKETCHY!!!
If you want towns, I'd definitely suggest Peterborough, Smiths Falls and even Ottawa, anything removed from the 401. And if remoteness is your thing, North Bay and Sudbury are the places to go - if you manage not to get hit by a moose or some other large mammal on the highway...
Peterborough is great for drugs.. North Bay and Sudbury learning some French might come in handy
Come to Florida! I will take you and the Vegetable Princess out for a nice vegan meal.
Moved from Europe to Toronto. Then lived in KW for years before finally moving north.
Get out of Southern Ontario. Once you get north of the French River, life starts making a whole lot more sense.
Happy trails
Don't settle for "ok"...be patient and keep searching...you WILL get there, and the journey is half the fun!
Love that song
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Okg I love this video ! Knocked it out of the park !!!we get to go with you on an adventure so exciting😀😀😀 the farmers market its so good there .....we try to there once a year but dont go into kitchener.... nice drive up there to..
Nice train shots
Love the return of the travel vlogs!
There is a second-hand shop on Weber and Victoria. You could get some kitchen utensils there. It is right below the soup kitchen. Don't be afraid of the people.
worth a second look 💗
Move to Finland :'D. Here's nature and clean air for you.
Yea try to get out of Canada without the V
@@francisproulx9669 Why should that be a problem? You just need a negative test result.
so funny!! thanks for taking us on your trip.
Most exciting video ever!
You're in my hometown!
A lot of people are indoctrinated here. They have big plans to make it a "smart city". I don't like what has been going on.
@@goatsmilk7751 gentrification is a bad aspect. But we can have a say in Kitchener... For the rest it's lovely to live here
@@ellenpa2000 I have lived here all my life, and I am loyal. But they railroaded that train in against everybody's wishes. Even all the city councillors resigned over it. The bus service has gone to crap. It takes much longer to get around with a lot more walking. They keep paving everything off and closing streets. It stinks of NWO agenda.
@@goatsmilk7751 the NWO happened when they destroyed the tram (it is not a train imho) system in the late forties giving priority to oil.$$$ Trams can be way more efficient in moving people around. But I am an old fan from Amsterdam. The system here has a lot to be desired over and they didn't learn from places where trams are efficient...
@@ellenpa2000 You don't use the transit system, do you? Efficient for fuel, maybe, not for people when it just goes up and down, in a straight line, and slower than the buses.
Herding people in the middle of the cities is a NWO plan. I remember one woman who was running for city council that wanted a private factory to relocate just to be closer to the train. Why the heck should they do that?
They were also running on increasing population density. In what universe has that EVER been a good thing? (They call it intensification)
Another plan is to get rid of cars. The city went to (I think it was Manulife) and somehow forced them to make the parking astronomically expensive for their employees. I'm sure this was to encourage people to take the train. But it isn't very convenient when it doesn't stop as often as the buses, even though you may be on the same street.
Also, it was very strange, when they changed the bus system they left the old terminal intact, just sitting there.
I honestly feel they left it there just for their drive-through covid testing, which was planned in advance long, long ago.
Cheers!
Hah, I love seeing you travel vlog again even if it's in Canada still! I don't live close to there so it's all neat to me! Good vibes.
Explore more ..
"We're headin' to Waterloo Kitchener..... I said that backwards." You make me laugh good sir, instant like and sub
Come to Ottawa buddy. We live in Gatineau. 10min from downtown Ottawa. Cheap to live here. Population is 250,000 and has the Gatineu Park with hiking trails, bike trails, ski hills and lakes.
Dig those beats n sounds
But are the squirrels friendly?
If you ever drive someday which you might and you start parking you will notice even if you park in an empty parking lot someone will pull up beside you
I live in Kitchener, more or less born and raised. I'm moving to Edmonton in a couple weeks. Bigger city, significantly lower rent and real estate prices. Consider it man
I began watching this channel a long time ago. When it was just a guy fasting in Thailand. Now he is vlogging where I grew up. Where will he end up next...
It’s been way too long since you did a travelogue 👍
Btw, I think food should be priced like this:
(Most of these being the organic type, etc.):
4 garlic cloves = $1
4 limes = $1
3 lemons = $1
1 cucumber = $1
1 zucchini = $1
1 yellow squash = $1
2 plums = $1
2 nectarines = $1
2 large russet potatoes = $1
3 pink lady apples = $1
3 yellow onions = $1
3 oranges = $1
3 tomatos = $1
2 grapefruits = $1
2 red bell peppers = $1
5 medium red potatoes = $1
1 bunch green onion = $1
1 mango = $1
1 bunch (8) bananas = $2
3 baby bok choys = $2
1 bunch collard greens = $2
1 bunch spinach = $2
1 bunch swiss chard = $2
1 bunch cilantro = $2
1 bag watercress = $2
1 bunch celery = $2
1 bunch/6 carrots = $2
1 large avocado = $2
1 pomegranate = $2
1 small box blueberries = $2
1 small box raspberries = $3
1 small box blackberries = $3
1 medium sized jar kalamata olives = $3
1 medium sized box Persian cucumbers = $3
1 pineapple = $4
1 small bag of bunashimeiji mushrooms = $4
1 pound bag of Thomcord grapes = $4
1 bunch asparagus = $4
1 medium sized box crimini mushrooms = $5
1 whole watermelon = $5
1 (slightly bigger than card size) grass fed chuck beef steak = $5
1 dozen pasture raised eggs = $6
6 organic skinless chicken thighs = $6
1 medium sized salmon fillet = $7
Food is a lot more expensive, and no good pots or pans.
Looks like a good time to start another fast.
Travel conspicuous.
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I DO live in Cambridge, and it IS better then Kirchener AND Waterloo! 🤣
You were so close dude...
I don't think he'd get that vibe he wants from Cambridge.
The grass isn't necessarily greener my friend.
Good morning buddy. Windsor is warmer. You might be bored tho.
Windsorite here. Humidity is awful
Tomato capital of the world there 🍅 . Detroit just across the river.
Sorry Casey, it won't get better. If you want warm, move to Windsor. If you want cheap, move to Cornwall. If you want high-crime, move to Kingston. If you want friendly, move to Peterborough. If you want boring, move to Chatham. If you want big-city without the big-city B.S. move to Ottawa. Barrie's great, if you're a coffee addict, not good for much else though. Niagara Falls; if you need souvenirs at 3AM there's no better place to be.
nice summary. And if you want to take more control of your life, stay away from urban areas altogether.
Good for you you’re out looking. I’m working on it too.
Just found out November is a grace period for air travel with negative COV test instead of vx pass
Try Cornwall Ontario. It's super south and borders the US; it has a river and clean air, is one of the cheapest towns in Ontario and has multiple grocers and farmers markets. Not much to do for entertainment; it has a bad reputation, and it is slightly colder than Toronto in the winter, but considering your characteristics, it seems like it might be worth the train ride.
smaller towns are the best - you'll be speeding through my small town but keep going past Kitchener and go all the way to Stratford but you'll have to stay overnight (just recently the Kitchner GO line pilot project now goes to St. Mary's, London, Stratford) and get the 6:43 a.m.GO train back to Union Station
So many other places in Ontario, how about Hamilton, Ottawa, London, Oshawa, Guelph, St Catharines, Newmarket? Picton? You will be visiting Barrie and Niagara Falls so looking forward to that.
In the uk towns with "universities" are usually more expensive in rents. You need a smaller town or large village.
Same here. Rent is through the roof in Kitchener-Waterloo.2 universities and a college with multiple campuses. As a KWer there’s no ghettos. This guy hasn’t seen much in his day if he thinks there’s ghettos
I think Napoleon Bonaparte likes Waterloo... 😁😁😁😁😁
Thought Trudont banned non jabbed from going on trains. Fake news?
Been there done it. Born in T.O. moved lived in many communities in the #GTA 😃
How about Alaska?
digging on the cruise tunes bro
Yeah, VP!!!
Love you, bro!
@Vegetable Police Dear VP, welcome to KW. (Got to know you via our friend in Scotland) We (old fogies &vegan) live here now for 6 years and love it!! Done away with the car. All public transport. No, not Toronto, but fun and community.. You were in no way in downtown Kitchener. It has character, loads of different cultural restaurants, busy shopping streets. We could give you a tour if you want. Hubby Jim is born Torontonian and loves it here. I am from Amsterdam, also Toronto and we lived in a very small village for many years, but now very happy in Kitchener.
Great farmers market, vegan food too. Hahaha were you on VIA at first instead of GO? We regularly go with GO to Toronto. Look me up on fb messenger. You haven't seen anything in KW. Best, Ellen & Jim
Hold up did he say 39??!! I was thinking he was like 29. You look amazing!!
Please do more travel vlogs. The real reviews are rare on UA-cam
Caribou is calling... Enjoy the ride where ever you guys go! For Canada always get a grade of...A!
"If you are good at building bridges you will never fall into the abyss." Anon. Love your work on veganism and fasting VP. 💜🤎
I'm leaving Toronto for a small town too, so thank you for the tour:)
Oh man go to Niagara Falls plz I miss the place
That’s not a small town bro haha I thought I herd you say that on the other place you whent to but that is a small city. I leave in Kansas and that has small towns b. Nothing but a school a gas station and some fast food joints and a Walmart. Now that’s a small town. The place where my sister lives is nothing but a school gas station and a bank and there used to be a gun shop. Them pots and pans are fucking disgusting !!!
I know someone who lives on Prince Edward Island and really loves it there. Maybe you could start a new channel checking out the ghettos of various Canadian cities? :-)
Nicely weird that audio 💐🎹💐
Camera noise tolerance test, check
2:30 your voice is so majestic and magical
I heart me a VP travel vlog! $126 a night for a place that size is a steal! Gotta be somethin' wrong with that town...
According to legends here Kitchener is cursed. Used to be a Native burial ground and Europeans built on it. That building across from Google is the Virus Lab. Where they teach students from overseas how to do gain of function research.
Cambridge is much !
I live here too; I'd love to show you the BEST of this K-W area! You missed the best stuff!!!
Saskatchewan and Manitoba are all that's still affordable if you want some land. Maybe up north in Ontario but that is cottage land and kinda sucks. I have gone through this same process and came to the conclusion to live at home lol
VP, I really miss your storytime videos, hoping youll make a similar video someday :)
I care
did you end up in Orangeville, that first stop where you said in the middle of nowhere.
Darn. I wishni still lived thereee i grew up there
Thanks for the tour
The tour along with the camera line malfunction is what horror films are made of. Kinda Eerie...Run!!!
Hope they try to have a good time regardless of deciding not to move there. Price is not bad for a little getaway
Cities without public transportation are more rural. You might need to drive a car VP to live the simple life in nature.
Have a good time. Interview the drunk people across the street on how they feel about a 21 day water fast. 😜😜
378 CAD for 3 days 😱
That‘s a kind of new content. Looking forward to it. And WE DO CARE (1:00)
Gay lord.
Oh god is that what I look like? Lol. Do we all get that jolt? Fun stuff 🥴❤️
Come to Montreal, plenty of farmers' markets here!😁
That not just any "race car," fella. You don't even know. What a great vlog. Hilarious!
Move to Amherstburg Ontario, nice little town friendly people, lots to do and see. Part of the furthest southern tip of all of Canada. Very warm summers ☀️
Such a beautiful Vancouver , Victoria , The Okanagan , Whole British Columbia in Canada and people still prefer to live in a such a cold very long winters in a very boring Ontario . It's like choosing Detroit over Miami Beach or Alabama over Hawaii or California .
Omg I’m from KW!!! I’m in Ottawa now but enjoy!!
good pricing, nice spot!
Leave Ontario, this whole province is overpriced
Nice brother enjoy
Check out the Kawartha Lakes area. Lindsay/Peterborough etc.
How is Peterborough? Always curious about that town.
@@spendingtimetogether8428 Peterborough is a nice city; well worth the visit. The whole area is called the Kawartha Lakes; lots of lakes and rivers; cottage country. Very scenic.
you'd like Kamloops BC, as a past Winnipeger its gorgeous here most of the year
''That's a soft one''..That's what she said :D
It’s a tough world out there, with scratched teflon and things costing two dollar more. Go home!
Older video but I know you haven't moved yet. I live in Thunder Bay, it's certainly not amazing but it fits at least some of your criteria and the real estate isnt completely insane. We have a nice park with a duck pond!
I’m moving to Kitchener next year