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Originally Posted by urbandreamer

On my recent trip to Windsor and back through small towns, I really liked Blenheim and Ridgetown. Great beach at Colchester. Two weeks ago I went up to Barry's Bay and back via a very isolated interesting route that took my through Farraday - epic driving road. I liked Haliburton, Bancroft, Coe Hill and Hastings the best of all the towns I drove through: Minden, Haliburton, Wilberforce, Maynooth, Combermere, Musclow, Bancroft, Havelock, Norwood, Hastings, Keene, Baileboro etc. Overall I prefer this side of Ontario - more isolated, less GTA people, cheaper housing, more scenic and just incredible driving roads. So now I'm torn - move to Windsor/Sarnia area for the better weather and access to Ohio/Kentucky/Tennessee or Ottawa/Cornwall/Perth area for a rugged Canadian winter and access to Montreal, Pennsylvania, Virginia etc.

Having lived in the GTA from age 13-30 and since then in eastern Ontario you couldn't pay me to move back to the GTA or 'southern Ontario'. As a friend of mine said once, 'once you get past Hamilton or Kitchener you may as well be in the USA..

Less GTA people is certainly a positive. I was in Algonquin Park a week ago and GTA people are easy to spot.

I was in Combermere a week ago. Surprisingly good food at a restaurant there.