Raise the Hammer

I live in Whitby, but 500 meters away from Oshawa, I myself was kind of scared of Oshawa in the very beginning, I had never even been to certian part of oshawa but man Oshawa is a nice place and my prejudice is changing.

Certain part of Oshawa doesn't look great, with the old houses and old apartment buildings, but if you saw them in old Toronto, you will think it is okay. You will find an issue only when you saw it in OShawa.

People are poorer here, that is true, you can tell that the city or at least part of it been through tough times.

People are not that well educated, it was a blue collar city.

People are MUCH nice here, even Nicer than people from Whitby, and don't compare them with people from Toronto.

Most people living in Oshawa and also working there or in the area, which is not true for Whitby, which is becoming a bedroom community to Toronto.

Housing price in Oshawa is incredily cheap, especially in the south, anywhere south of Rossland the price is just low, I don't know why but that looks VERY good deal to me.

Oshawa 's school is not great, that is one thing you should be aware of, but if you don't mind, there's Seventh's Day Adventist Christian school, both elementory and high school, they offer MUCH better education than MOST public school in Ontario, and the tuition is VERY low. I can not believe it when I realize what great tuition they are giving out.

Again, even if you only want to go public school, there is still some VERY decent schools, just use Fraser 's website and reivew the school ranking, there are some good ones, not the top one in Ontario but definitely good enough for giving your kid the decent chance.

Driving on 401 is very bad though, so if you or your spouse is not commuting, Oshawa is a choice, just plan out your priorities and get a local realor who lives in Oshawa or Whtiby.