Dion Kedian describes his experience in his recent move to Yellowknife, NWT.
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@bodystomp53024 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and often hear people talk of their dream to move to Alaska. It's come up numerous times over the years. My advice is always the same; go check it out in late December or early January, for 2 weeks, when it's dark for 18 hours and ridiculously cold, then make your final decision about moving there. If you like getting outside and doing stuff in the snow, it might be your place. After 11 winters I finally threw in the towel and moved to the 32nd parallel to thaw out.
@turkey49573 жыл бұрын
You sir are the sane one, I love the far north but the people who live there and tell themselves its worth those extremes because of extra space and scenery....... its just not. Lower places in Canada and the continental US offer more than enough rugged extremely dramatic beautiful wilderness while not having those absurd conditions. North America in general is so vast and empty, why go so far north when you have the entirety of southern Canada and the massive US to live in.
@bodystomp53023 жыл бұрын
@@turkey4957 In June 1988 I drove from north Idaho to Anchorage. Really enjoyed Canada & Canadians.
@carmenj50454 жыл бұрын
Lived there with my family , I had four daughters who went to school there , we live in New west BC should have never have left there !! Love the North .. miss it so much , better quality of life!,,
@RaneBane4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I dont get the canada vibe at all around here
@turkey49573 жыл бұрын
Bugs are bad in summer though when you actually try to go out in the woods and the temps are so bad in the winter how can you really enjoy the area? I was there in the summer for just a week and it was extremely buggy and nasty outside of the paved areas of the city.
@jamiecotterill24753 жыл бұрын
My old Hometown !! Yes, I do miss it....
@endsdio48342 жыл бұрын
Love the song choice
@eldondaveycalgaryorthotics56644 жыл бұрын
Spent a lot of years working up in Yellowknife, miss YK, will be back to work again soon.
@Dronethat4 жыл бұрын
Been there once for aurora hunting. I'll visit again but not live there, LOL.
@turkey49573 жыл бұрын
Yeah the bugs are brutal in the summer and its colder than hell most of the rest of the year. Been there and it was amazing but moving there alone would be wild
@apuuvah6 жыл бұрын
2 hours commute to work is absolute insanity
@GodblessUSofAmerica5 жыл бұрын
@Michael WhitewolfWell...he said 2 hours was his commute in Ontario! Not in Yellowknife
@ryancunningham25984 жыл бұрын
That was the commute in Ontario you can get across Yellowknife in 10 mins
@egbertobeto7 жыл бұрын
who know one day I go to know this place.
@cactus1234 жыл бұрын
Great video, are you still loving life in Yellowknife? keep us posted
@dannyzuehlsdorf36973 жыл бұрын
my guess is he SPLIT
@guroo_ghantaal6 жыл бұрын
For someone who's considering moving up there, how do you go about finding employment / housing? For those of you who do live there, how did you find your job / house?
@gewglesux3 жыл бұрын
Seems like a cool place to visit.
@nikhilgurav69064 жыл бұрын
Keep posting , nice video!
@kylemarcks83457 жыл бұрын
going there in the next few months
@amylinn49526 жыл бұрын
I grew up there and will never go back! Lol
@NeeraTheLynx5 жыл бұрын
@Ben TurnerSmall town with long winters and short spring/summer, stay out of the downtown area (full of drunks and drug dealers). Not much around unless you like the nature and views, kinda wish they have a arcade or bigger mall (kinda sad). Most people are nice and friendly but we do have some bad apples.
@ryancunningham25984 жыл бұрын
Amy Jane it’s so beautiful u were not not living in Yellowknife then
@leojr46124 жыл бұрын
So idc if it’s bad I got friends here to keep me busy(wifi too)
@leojr46124 жыл бұрын
Ben Turner it is cold and sunny and a lot of people
@bhonor125 жыл бұрын
This man is high.
@Imabeatyouman4 жыл бұрын
Hey, it’s legal 🤷♂️
@jpbabin80556 жыл бұрын
I used to live there
@Euphoric_nails6 жыл бұрын
thecanadianguy 1423 where do you live now
@Euphoric_nails6 жыл бұрын
Where do u live now
@BlackdogADV5 жыл бұрын
Work 5 days then off for 5?? Is this the norm for Canada? I’m moving to Canada.
@mooftwosnum1fan4805 жыл бұрын
BlackdogGS No most people have 2 day weekends. That schedule is very very specific to certain occupations that are quite rare in Canada.
@turkey49573 жыл бұрын
This is the same practice used with New Mexico and North Dakota oil and mining jobs.
@ericamarteifio47026 жыл бұрын
For someone who's considering moving up there, how do you go about finding employment and housing?
@CadenHertner7 жыл бұрын
Is it cheaper to live up there like bye a house and what about food
@lisakedian-artist88976 жыл бұрын
cadengamer 226 sorry for the late reply i didnt realize i had comments on this video! Housing can be expensive and food is a bit more costly but most of the pay rates even it out....plus we receive a northern living allowance and travel subsidy
@topturn96535 жыл бұрын
@@lisakedian-artist8897 nice and helpful reply! I'm comfortable in moderate temps, but British Columbia, I would reconsider. I'm south of your border. New Mexico is a more realistic move for me.
@leojr46124 жыл бұрын
cadengamer226 nope it is expensive
@turkey49573 жыл бұрын
@@topturn9653 New Mexico is a beautiful and fantastic place to start a life Top Turn, very cheap and vast space, it is still growing too unlike Arizona which is already full of tourists and people who moved from California. New Mexico is arguably the most empty of the true "SW" states
@lochas99015 жыл бұрын
Can someone name the music and artist in this vid? Thanks.
@ddasilva56944 жыл бұрын
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@ddasilva56944 жыл бұрын
Eddie Vedder Hard sun
@kieranb42242 жыл бұрын
Pearl jam
@mugichan98875 жыл бұрын
Welcome to my home
@leojr46124 жыл бұрын
Reee Roberts mine too
@mishmash12597 жыл бұрын
A pleasant and clearly presented video. I will use it with my overseas students of English (Who knows, one or two might even come as tourists). Tell me, how is the cost of living in Yellowknife compared to other Canadian cities?
@lisakedian-artist88976 жыл бұрын
Mish Mash thanks i made this a couple years ago i didnt realize i had views lol its a fairly small city it can be expensive but the payrates make up for it...there is also the northern living allowance its not for everyone but a great experience all the same.
@memphissander35127 жыл бұрын
I live here
@thecloudyfox5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a great place to live!
@titanicbigship5 жыл бұрын
Me to
@leojr46124 жыл бұрын
WhoUgunnaCall me to
@danpend6 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I hate the cold and wouldn't live there, but might visit. I'm a photographer as well. What do you photograph?
@ryancunningham25984 жыл бұрын
Well then Yellowknife is not for you but it’s beauty is sooo amazing
@mblakeborough4 жыл бұрын
What of kind of work or employer gives you the same amount of time off as you work
@turkey49573 жыл бұрын
Yeah they should have said, I assume he's in the mining or oil industry because they often do schedules like that, 10 days on 10 days off. Only type of work I've heard of that's like that. They have the same thing with oil workers in New Mexico and North Dakota in the US, chunk of time on, chunk of time off instead of a 5 day on 2 day off week. The remote location and the fact its hard to get people there balances things out and makes the employers have to allow more freedom to keep people happy and in that far off place I assume
@zfilmmaker5 жыл бұрын
I guess if your an outsider (not born in Yellowknife) and you move there for work, that's one thing but moving for just the sake of it doesn't make a lot lot of sense.
@thecloudyfox5 жыл бұрын
I'm an introvert that loves the cold. There you go.
@zfilmmaker5 жыл бұрын
@@thecloudyfox That statement is kinda a contradiction. How do you enjoy the cold if your inside all the time? And why move someplace new if you never get out/meet new people?
@thecloudyfox5 жыл бұрын
@@zfilmmaker I like going outside specifically where there's no people. And yeah, I don't go outside much, but when I do, I like it to be pretty cold. I'd be the guy who somehow manages to meet less than 10-20 people yet figures out how to get it to work with just that.
@ryancunningham25984 жыл бұрын
zfilmmaker oh trust me it does Yellowknife is amazing and so beautiful wouldn’t give it up for the world
@dannyplummer29014 жыл бұрын
Hey I think your wrong about the weather, it's insane, dark, cold, and horrible, but then we are all different...
@turkey49573 жыл бұрын
Yeah the way this guy tried to divert the attention away from and minimize the winter conditions was laughable and blatantly incorrect. Its so obvious people like this TRY to convince themselves its not that bad and it's just like a normal Canadian or US winter when its nothing close. 18-19 hours+ of darkness in mid winter.
@PrybarCommando3 жыл бұрын
Is weed readily available in yellow knife?
@turkey49573 жыл бұрын
I was there in August of 2019 and I had purchased mine in Edmonton before heading north...... so I wasn't exactly looking when in YK but they must have at least one or two federal dispensaries. I imagine its in low supply as far as under the table purchasing, as its a rough place to pull off big grows
@carmenj50454 жыл бұрын
Summers like no other .. employment plentiful
@kamaleshpal18053 жыл бұрын
Hi
@serkanister36203 жыл бұрын
Still alive?
@jennifercosta72055 жыл бұрын
I LIV HERE
@purity37765 жыл бұрын
Hey am moving there soon from Kenya if you still there I would like a friend.
@ryancunningham25984 жыл бұрын
Sameeee
@TheMetaverseGuy4 жыл бұрын
Hey jeni.. I am planning to move to Yellowknife, All the way from Pakistan, I need some guidance, Please lemme know if you can gimme your Email.. Thanks..
@TheMetaverseGuy4 жыл бұрын
@@purity3776 Hey. I am also moving there soon. I would also like to have a friend over there..
@jonsmith48505 жыл бұрын
Becha there is no bugs in the summer.
@canklehater5 жыл бұрын
Wrong!
@niniDORE5 жыл бұрын
I’ve read they get lots of horseflies
@ryancunningham25984 жыл бұрын
Completely wrong the mosquitos are our best friends
@turkey49573 жыл бұрын
Are you joking? Anywhere far north in Canada in the summer have some of the worst bug intensities in the world
@narendramandalapu48647 жыл бұрын
I would love to immigrate to this place.
@jimmy4x4socal446 жыл бұрын
Christopher Herrera you must be from California, invite him to Sacramento, or LA y’all love them fuckers down there 😂
@jimmy4x4socal446 жыл бұрын
Quiet Evenings it’s the truth
@jimmy4x4socal446 жыл бұрын
Michaeljohn yes!
@Taika_talvi6 жыл бұрын
Heya, you accept Germans? I'm sick of my country :D
@jimmy4x4socal446 жыл бұрын
M Gr Germans are ok, you can come if you learn English 😂
@Bozewani4 жыл бұрын
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