So how do you like living in Boston? Need all sorts of advice to handle a possible relocation
Mar 15th, 2004, 10:10 AM
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Carrie, I don't usually hang out at the Fodors United States forum. I "met" you when you asked a question about travel to Calgary.
I don't know on what kind of visa you will work in the U.S., perhaps an H1-B or some variation thereof. If that is the case, I don't believe your husband will be permitted to work in the U.S. If he is to work legally in the U.S., he'll need to qualify for a work visa in his own right.
When one moves from Canada to the U.S. (or the other way round), it's very difficult to predict what living costs in the destination city will be.
Our experience of living in Houston was that medical insurance was expensive in the U.S. compared with Canada. Although my husband's employer provided what was considered to be an excellent health care insurance plan, there still would have been a hefty deductible if any of us had required medical treatment.
Our property taxes in Houston were a bit more than 3 times what they were in Calgary for a house of an equivalent size.
We were advised that a burglar alarm system (with associated monthly fee) was pretty much mandatory in our Houston suburb, whereas we've never felt the need for one in Calgary.
Okay, that was Houston and not Boston, but I've also lived in Cincinnati, Ohio on a previous occasion. While there are some differences amongst the regions of the U.S., there also are some commonalities.
My advice is to do very careful research before moving to the U.S. This is all the more important if you have children who will be in the school system. However, I gather from your posts that you don't have children, so some of my concerns probably wouldn't be applicable to you.
I don't know on what kind of visa you will work in the U.S., perhaps an H1-B or some variation thereof. If that is the case, I don't believe your husband will be permitted to work in the U.S. If he is to work legally in the U.S., he'll need to qualify for a work visa in his own right.
When one moves from Canada to the U.S. (or the other way round), it's very difficult to predict what living costs in the destination city will be.
Our experience of living in Houston was that medical insurance was expensive in the U.S. compared with Canada. Although my husband's employer provided what was considered to be an excellent health care insurance plan, there still would have been a hefty deductible if any of us had required medical treatment.
Our property taxes in Houston were a bit more than 3 times what they were in Calgary for a house of an equivalent size.
We were advised that a burglar alarm system (with associated monthly fee) was pretty much mandatory in our Houston suburb, whereas we've never felt the need for one in Calgary.
Okay, that was Houston and not Boston, but I've also lived in Cincinnati, Ohio on a previous occasion. While there are some differences amongst the regions of the U.S., there also are some commonalities.
My advice is to do very careful research before moving to the U.S. This is all the more important if you have children who will be in the school system. However, I gather from your posts that you don't have children, so some of my concerns probably wouldn't be applicable to you.
