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I have spent all my life in BC and would have to say right now Alberta provides most of what you are saying. Their oil economy has money to burn and more jobs. Education and health is better funded.

However, there is always a downside. A good economy is bringing in transients looking for work, which could increase crime. Housing costs are rising with overall inflation.

I'd go if I needed a job.

I think that London, Ontario is an awsome place to live. For climate, it's in exactly the right place in North America: you get nice, hot summers, but not too hot, and winter is not too cold (where as other parts of Canada or even Ontario, you will experience extremes of either). You have UWO for a university if you want to go to school again/ for your kids to go to school, as well as some of the best high schools and public school in Ontario and Canada. It's not overcrowded like Toronto and not deserted like some cities elsewhere. There's LOTS of shopping and the job market is very good and growing. If you did want to go to Toronto to shop it's only and hour and a half away. OHIP (Ontario health insurance program – i'm sure you're familiar with it) is excellent. London is very safe (we don't even lock our doors when we're gone!). I grew up in London all my life (i've lived in Old South London which is a PERFECT location to raise kids – very village-like and it's close to downtown as well as other urban areas. I have also lived in Lambeth and Byron which are on the west side of London and are also very good for family living (suburb-ish) and everything is accessible by city bus (except for Lambeth). I don't recommend the east side (lots of low income housing and it's not as nice as the other parts – every city has a bad "side"). I have also lived in Kingston Ontario and have expereinced other parts of Ontario and Canada and I still think that London is the best city to live in (and so do all my friends/family). It's perfect for everything.

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Years ago, government jobs paid a little less that the equivalent job in private industry. This was because govt. jobs were more secure. If you had a job in the govt. sector you were pretty much assured that you would stay there all your life, and get a govt. pension.

What I think has happened is that over the years jobs in the private sector have gone downhill while govt. jobs have stayed more the same. We used to have a 'social contract' that said that as long as your company was doing okay, and you were doing a good job, you would keep your job, get raises, benefits, etc. But a few years ago that changed. Companies announcing a layoff used to see their stocks go down because it was a sign that the company was in trouble, but these days when a company announces a layoff its stock goes -up-. Nobody associates layoffs with trouble, they are just a way to save money by getting rid of part of the workforce and making the rest work harder.

Pay inequality in the private sector is worse every year, but it grows much slower in the public sector. Put it this way: If the minimum wage in the US had kept pace with the compensation of Fortune 500 top execs, the min. wage in the US would be around $40/hr.

Personally, I think the problem is that we have a distorted view of capitalism. The purpose of capitalism is to create wealth so as to raise the standard of living, a rising tide that lifts all boats. Profit and return on investment are not an end in themselves but a means to an end. But we have come to see profit and ROI as the be-all and end-all. Declining wages and benefits and job security are seen as good things because they enhance profits. So in the US, capitalism only concentrates wealth more and more. 95% of us have to face a slow, steady decline in our standard of living so that 0.1% can double their wealth every few years. On the -average- we are all doing better, but in fact most of us are doing a little worse every year. Work in the govt. sector is a safe haven from this rat-race.

(You know, it just astonishes me that the first answerer blames Obama for this. GW Bush bragged for years that our economy was growing by leaps and bounds, even though 99% of us saw no improvement, and the entire pre-existing national debt was being doubled. How can you possibly blame Obama for that?)