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Originally Posted by CCA-Dave
Spirited Drives - Neither. Well, Ontario has some great roads and I even run a CCA event there. But policing is nuts and 'spirited' means a whole different thing in Ontario. Now, if track days become your thing it's awesome. Mosport, Shannonville, Calabogie, etc. All close and great fun. But spirited driving using the twisty backroads is going to mean 10kph over the limit.
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Yeah aside from the fact that highways are 16 lanes wide and the flow of traffic is 120 kph (this was really gratifying for me after a lifetime of Hwy 1 loping along at 80 kph). Toronto is a little lacking vs Vancouver when it comes to avenues for spirited driving (ie there's nothing like the Sea 2 Sky). But there are tons of tracks there like Dave said: track days at Shannonville are about $100!! And Mosport is a Grand Prix level track. The GVRD has absolutely nothing on the GTA when it comes to accessibility / availability with motorsports.
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Originally Posted by CCA-Dave
Whoa, careful with that one. "good balance of life and career" is not at all the way I would describe working in Toronto. If I were to generalize, careers in Toronto take priority over everything else. It's very hard for me to explain just how ingrained into Ontario culture it is, but decisions are made work-first...other stuff second. I mean, don't get me wrong there is a part of it that's incredibly satisfying and exciting. It's a phenomenon that's very hard to explain, but is a part of every one of my Ontario friends and family. I wouldn't call it "balanced", unless your career is absolutely one of your personal top priorities. In that case I think you'd argue it as balance. But its very different from a B.C. concept of "work/lifestyle" balance. VERY different.
Not wrong, not 'bad', but definitely not for everyone.
-Dave
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That's funny, I actually left Toronto because the environment wasn't sufficiently career-focused
