Mobile Homes - small, large and in between. About 200. Trailer Trash , of course Some of the nicest flowers and lawns in town.

Upper middle class posh. Large homes, beautiful gardens. We moved here only one-and-a-half years ago, and I feel out-of-place.

Currently, my street consists of apartment buildings on one side, but low and high rises.  On the other side are small town homes and a field for the community centre.  The neighbourhood also has some bungalows that are owner occupied, but quite a few of those are also rented.

My next street will be long, but it has bends.  On one bend there's a small green space a few houses over from mine.  The other one has a huge green space, eventually there may be a school.  There's a set of a few condos, otherwise it's mainly 2 storey houses.  The neighbourhood ranges from condos to townhouses, duplexes, not many bungalows, right up to the huge estate homes.  The only rentals are those being rented by the owners, there's no major property management company.

CH, I think someone posted a picture of your home one time with Christmas decorations.  Do you have a fireplace?  I've never seen one in a mobile home before, and it seems silly now, but for some reason I just thought building codes/safety standards wouldn't allow it.

I do have a fireplace in the living room. To be able to use it our Fire Insurance would double. I have an artificial log and fire that you plug in and it goes around and looks like flames.

At Christmas , it is easy to imagine it is real.

If you use the real thing and there is a fire, you are not covered through insurance. Also, it is not very efficiant.

Mine is a very mixed neighbourhood - some low rise lower rent (but not subsidized) housing, a six plex next door to me, single family homes occupied by people from their 30's to 80's - lots of kids, a group home for adult Community Living clients (developmental delays); a public elementary school and outdoor pool around the corner; short walk to shopping, restaurants, churches,  the library & arena & lake; private school around the corner in the other direction.  Across the main road, there is a small apt building for people with persistent mental health problems which is run by a supportive housing agency .  And did I mention the LCBO is right at the end of my street?  Makes a good landmark :-)   We have lots of mature trees, all properties are well kept.  The GO train nearby for trips to the city.

It's been a truly wonderful place to raise our family.  I treasure the bustle and diversity and services available within easy walking distance. 

upper class can be deadly

We're in a small community with a great bookshop immediately across the road (http://www.robertwrightbooks.com) whose proprietors have become friends. A general dot-it-all, odd jobs guy and his wife live just down the road and they have been having family with them lately. On the same side, between us and the river, there's a retired builder and his wife who's unwell… they've put their house on the market. And there's a long-haul truck driver behind us. He and his wife also have grandchildren around from time to time.  He has a big yellow custom cab unit and goes to Edmonton and back most weeks.Up the road, there's another UCC minister (like my wife) nd her husband… but there's no UCC church in the community.  Further dowm beside the river is a grist mill and store… but it's very quiet and has a flock of live-in pogeons. Then, across rge bridge is the sweet, characterful Irish lady (from Dublin) and her Canadian husband. They keep chickens and sell us free-range eggs for $2.50 a dozen. We see quite a bit of local folks and it's a very pleasant atmosphere. 

We moved here a year ago so are still "settling in" but we thoroughly enjoy being here.

Fairly new, middle class community near the university (Western University aka UWO in London, Ontario). Purely residential without so much as a school or variety store to break things up (nearest shopping is 5-10 min. by car or 15 or so by bike). Lots of doctors (we're also near a teaching hospital), academics, white collar professionals. Interesting ethnic mix. Heavy on Euro-Canadian (a.k.a. White) with a quite a bit of Middle Eastern and South Asian (Indian, Pakistani). A fair bit of East Asian (Korean, Chinese) as well. We get on well with the immediate neighbours and know some other people in the area. It's not a sitting on the porch watching saying "hi" as the neighbours go by kind of place. Lots of pools and such so a lot of the action is in backyards. It's overall a nice area but we ultimately picked it for access to good schools and shopping centres more so than aesthetics or community.

Mendalla

Strictly residential area.  On my block there are 8 houses on my side of the street and 9 on the other.  My house is probably one of the smallest ones - and the largest would probably be a modest 3 bedroom bungalow with dining room and large living room.  All of the properties are lawned, some are treed, some have flowers or a variety of flowering pots.  The youngest family has a youngest child of about 6, other families have pre-teen or teenagers.  There are 4 sets of retirees (including us).  Some homes are couples who are childless, and two homes contain bachelors.  7 households have dogs - to my knowledge none have cats.  We are not "chummy" with our neighbours but friendly and caring upon meeting one another in the neighbourhood or around town.  And all are helpful to one another when needed.  We have lived here for 10 years now - and since then 8 houses have changed owners.

We would be considered middle class, and all are caucasian.  We actually have 3 teachers and 2 teacher assistants, 1 social worker, 1 geologist, 1 RCMP, 1 construction contractor, 1 bus driver, and the rest work for a mining company in one way or another.

There is a school within a couple of blocks, and a confectionary store.  The nearest church is several blocks away.  The local pool is also within a few blocks.

My immediate neighborhood is very mixed.  Large and small homes, owned  and rented (both private and subsidised).  The homes that are owned by families and individuals range from expensive to pretty dreadful.  There are some beautiful yards and some rusty car depots.  There is a full range of age groups - babies to 90 year olds, and a group home for adults with severe developmental delay.  My neighbors have a variety of ethnic backgrounds - European. African, Asian, South American and First Nations (people have told me they are Cree, Blackfoot, Innu, Dakota and Dene.

The community has about 4.000 people and the downtown stores are within a longish walk.  The library, pool, gym are fairly accessible but children are driven to school (often parents or grandparents co-operating with this).  Much of the community has mixed housing but there are a couple of newer subdivisions with more opulent homes.

My street is one of the biggest and busiest ones in town. I'd estimate that there are well over 1000 people living here - probably more than 2000. It's a mix of lower and middle income folk living in apartments, condos, townhouses and houses. Head 6 blocks one way and you'll find the second biggest shopping centre in town. Head 6 blocks the other way and you'll find a cross street lined with many little shops. In between, you'll find plenty of other shops. There's a couple of schools in the area, as well as a few parks, a couple of gas stations and a few churches. There is tons of traffic on this street - it's busy and loud until fairly late at after 10PM most nights. 

I guess I didn't mention the people here!

My building is adults only, but the low rises and other complexes have kids.  There used to be quite a few seniors.  With rent going up every year, more and more have moved out.  Ditto for the young people, but more young people are moving in.  There are immigrants from all over, and they tend to be the ones with kids.  There aren't many elderly immigrants.

I can't comment too much on where I'll be, but there won't be many new immigrants, or people in their early-mid 20s as they tend to rent.  Lots of families and plenty of kids running around all the time.  I like how people are always out and they are friendly.  There's some shopping, services, and restaurants too.  I've heard people really like the community, when they upgrade they tend to stick there instead of looking elsewhere.

I'm amazed that no one has posted a video of that classic Sesame Street song, "Who are the People in Your Neighborhood?"

Hi chemgal,

Brantford, Ontario is still considered blue collar area though it has lost major industry employers and is placing more emphasis on the satellite university campuses that have come to town.  We still have some industry operating nothing employing on the same scale as Massey Ferguson, White Farms, Koering Watrous or Gates Rubber in their heydays.

Being more specific I live in an area of town referred to as the Henderson Survey in what was once the house of the Henderson's who owned the tract of land that was later developed.  That said, the house is rather smallish compared to some of the farm houses in the area.

We are the last house on Terrace Hill Street and our lot is just less than a half-acre in size.  Which is a lot of grass to cut and snow to shovel.  If intersection work eventually happens (it is now two years delayed) we will move from being the last house on Terrace Hill St. to the being the first house on Paris Rd.

Zoning in Henderson Survey allows only R1 (1 single family residence per plot) so everything here is single family though there is appears to be a fair diversity ranging from our modest 1 and a half story home, to our neighbour's bungalow, to another neighbour's split level home to the generous two storey home on the corner.  We have some cottages in the neighbourhood which are WW1 era housing.  We also have some larger homes which point to earlier times in the city when Brant Ave was a broad street with large homes.  Those that are still used for residential purposes have obviously severed part lots and are now crowded in by newer homes.

Our newest neighbour and family have several motorcycles which apparently need to idle loudly in close proximity to noise by-law deadlines.  One result is that we let our dogs bark outside earlier or later then we used to.

From general observation there is a slight mix of ethnicities in the neighbourhood most of which are of various European backgrounds.

Grace and peace to you.

John

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Mine's a mixed neighbourhood. Mixed everything. All ages. Mixed income-from homeless to very wealthy- and mixed culture. Urban- high rises, condos, townhouses, some old character houses here and there. There is a lovely row of houses close to here that are built to look like Victorian homes-some of them are refurbished actually, and some are new- they're part of a subsidized housing coop that has about a ten year waiting list. I imagine we're paying some of the highest rent in Canada for our small, simple apartment- the reason we are still here hanging by a shoe-string lately (we have discussed moving somewhere cheaper) is because we're near parks, lots of trees, close to the ocean beach with mountain views- and right smack dab in the middle of downtown- close to a busy main downtown drag, close to a bus route, and close to churches, community centres, communal garden plots and dog parks and walking distance to grocery shopping, doctors offices and the hospital.

New subdivision in a small town between between Toronto and Barrie, just off the 400. Surrounding the town is horse country. Mostly high income. We have great neighbours who have become good friends. Lots of kids. Good public schools, and private schools in the area. Great mountain biking, which I love. So, we're 905 commuters (or were, when we were working). I expect we will be again sometime in the coming months. It's not for everyone, but we like it.

I just sold two house this year. One was my rental property in north Welland that I temporarily moved into to renovate to sell after I sold my own house. The rental was an older semi and was in a neighbourhood of single family homes and semis. My own house was located in an older single family residential area. I had a bungalow with a double car garage with a large yard, tons of flowers and yes you guessed it....a waterfall.

I am currently renting and will be moving at the end of the month as it was temporary until I buy again. The neighbourhood is full of duplexes that are about 30 years old, mixed with semis and single family homes Further down the street there is a group of low income housing. I'm glad to be moving.....I hate paying someone elses mortgage and not being able to do gardening.

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As I write I hear the shouts and laughter of the young kids on this street. We are 8 houses on a very quiet cul de sac. A small creek is behind the houses on one side of the road-with a paved walking path just across the creek. We are a mixture of young families-those with young adult children and retired couples.All were built 1976 or so and are detached houses.

I live in a four story low rise   building it used to be a seniors appartment building but then became a condominium.  There is a mixture of all ages some of the seniors who were here originally stayed,  Some single parents like me, some small families as there are only one and two bedroom appartment and some young single people renting.  It's a nice building they have quite a few activites for the residents we just had a Canada day picnic tuesday night is euchre night once a month they have bingo and at Christmas time we have a christmas dinne  Chasen I think you don't live far from me the way you were describing where you live and offering pilgrims progress a ride to the airport I live about ten minutes from the airport..

I'm more like 30 minutes North of Pearson, just off highway 27. The area is changing rapidly.

I live on a small quiet street of two and three bedroom bungalows built in the early '60s in a medium sized Ontario city. Neighbourhood used to be exclusively WASP, and hasn't evolved too much. However, it's in the same end of town as the hospital and the college, so we have a very diverse student population woven in. The neighbourhood is largely single family homes, with a few apartment buildings, townhouse complexes and student housing scattered in, largely clustered around the three urban plazas, which between them contain a grocery store, a medical clinic, a senior's activity centre, a couple of drugstores, many fast food outlets, several restaurants and a beer store, so walking, biking (although we have a shortage of decent bike lanes/paths) and public transit are pretty viable options. There are seven or eight churches in just this section of town, depending on where you draw the boundaries, all different denominations, most of them struggling with shrinking congregations. The demographic is slightly skewed by the quite elderly (it's a popular end of town for seniors) and the college-aged (because of the proximity to the college). 

I actually live in the house I grew up in, having moved in to help my Mom in her senior years after my Dad died, and then buying it from my sisters when she died. 

I live in a Jane Jacobs type neighbourhood. WHich historically was made up of French speaking working clkass people, who lived in single family homes. Newer resident tend to be of all differeant background.  Also there were and still are a many garages as the name implies.  It's is bounded by a large park, the Transitway (soon to be LRT.Subway) Goverment office complex and the Ottawa Riiver Parkway

Down the street there is a park, with a playground, outdoor rink and 2 baseball fields. On the same street there are private apartment buildings,co-ops, condos, and public housing, and an Historic building that used to be a public tavern, but which is now a boarding house.  There is also an embassy for one of the biggest countrie in the world.  The old single family homes are being replaced by apartments and row housing. which are either condos, public housing or coops. 

There are at least 3 condo towers being built now, which are selling units from 300,000 to 600,000, It is estimate that the population will double over the next ten years, as it is in one of the fastest growing area in Ottawa. Besides the many garages(the area is called Mechanicsville), we have two corner stores, and a hairdresser. We used to have a restaurant, but it is where one of the condos is going. Supposedly the condos will all have businesses on the first floor,(like a much needed cafe, and grocery store)

I just read about a new community that has been zoned differently.  The housing will be very mixed.  Houses, duplexes, townhouses, etc will be mixed in throughout the street.  As it is now, most communities have it all, but the duplexes are all beside each other, you don't see house-duplex-house-townhouse-duplex-house, etc.

I doubt it will have much rentals though, generally the big rental companies don't want to buy in the new areas.

We moved into our house in Fredericton over 30 years ago.  Our street is lined with three bedroom bungalows built in the 1960s - many renovated - decks, garages, finished basements.  Near the end of the street are a few two story houses.  And on nearby streets there are some duplexes and two low-rise apartment buildings. 

When we moved here our family of two kids fitted right in - almost every house was owner occupied by a young family - hopscotch, road hockey, bicycles - it's not a busy street.  Elementary school nearby.  Two universities within walking distance.  A corner story by the school - our Coop store and a mall within a ten minute drive. 

Now the families have grown up.  Many of the houses have basement apartments rented out to students.  Very few children on the street.  Older people tinking about selling their homes and moving into seniors' apartments - or dying.  Young people busy with both working and not interested in getting to know their neighbours.  Mainly Canadian born, English speaking.  Middle income (trucker, professor, nurse, IT worker, etc.)    Recently the area has expanded with new streets and bigger, nicer homes.  Also a new middle-school, and a big sports complex have been built nearby - that might revive the neighbourhood.   Nice lawns, mature trees, good people.

I live in a densely populated neighbourhood with a mix of high and low rise apartments and duplexes. Fewer detached, single-family houses. Much of the housing in my area is subsidized. 

This isn't "uptown", but normal ammenities, (grocery stores, pharmacies, beer store  are nearby and can be reached by either a short walk or by bus. There is a neighbourhood association and a small community centre. Wish the library was closer. 

The most interesting thing about my neighbourhood though are the demographics. When you walk out the door, you might feel you're in another country. A sizeable African population lives where I do, and many from Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc. If you go to Tim's there will be a group of men friends gathered either indoors or sitting outside on curbs socializing and telling stories (there are never women in these groups). Further up the street, I've had the experience of being thing only woman visible without a head covering of some kind - be they Muslim or Mennonite!

Surrounding this island are the standard tree-lined streets with middle-class detached houses. 

This diversity is wonderful. It's also reflected in my workplace (my part-time, local one). When I went in last time, I worked with people from Africa, Slovenia, India, Spain, and local Conservative Mennonites (the ones wearing a hair covering).

Anyway, as much as I like it here, I would prefer a quiet little bungalow snuggled up against the forest. Water in some form nearby - lake, river, stream, pond - for the wildlife. I could garden, enjoy real fire and see the stars. All this  in a little hamlet (I don't like too much isolation either) up north somewhere......