by laurel » 1/22/2009, 4:36 pm
To get back on topic, though...
Regina is by no means a bad place to live. Hell, they're even trying to revitalize the hood.
There are ok places to live by the University. There's a ton of apartments just across from it...they're not the nicest thing ever, but if you just want somewhere to live, not make home, they're fine. The rent is a bit pricey over there, though. However, you're from Alberta, so it might seem like nothing to you. And we actually have vacancies!
The res on the campus isn't bad at all, either. There's a few different ones, depending on whether you join up with a federated college (two of the are religious - Campion and Luther...but they're nice places, and you get much more personal support than through the UofR - ask me about those if you want more info). The UofR res is brand new, and the Luther one has the greatest cafeteria everrrrr.
There's other areas nearish the uni - Cathedral is by far the nicest and most unique. Rent is also generally cheaper there, and the buildings nicer with more character. It's about a 5-10 minute drive, depending on the nimrods driving in front of you.
Don't live anywhere that requires you to take the ring road to the university. You will hate it after the first week. It's the worst engineered road EVER and people constantly slide off of it into the ditch. And it takes surprisingly long to get to one end of the city to the other on it.
That being said, you can get anywhere in Regina in 20 minutes or less. Except anywhere in the east end. That's another story. It takes 20 minutes to get from the end of the east end to downtown. That area is major retail, mixed with massive amounts of semis coming in off the highway - not a good combo.
I got sidetracked. But it's nice to be able to get places so quickly.
If you don't have a car...I have no idea what our transit system is like. I'm scared of the cabbies, though.
Be prepared for the coldest winters known to man. Everything else is absolutely wonderful. We get very nice weather in spring/summer/fall. You're not too far removed from Sask, so you have an idea of what that would be like.
There is actually lots of stuff to do, if you have friends willing to do it! We have a whopping three movie theatres! There's a number of bars, if you like that...Tons of pubs if you prefer that! Most pubs have free music or some sort of entertainment most nights.
I could ramble for a long time. Any more questions? I can answer pretty much anything about the university...I've been there for 5 flipping years, so I know the place inside out.
...I also don't have you on MSN, so you can't ask me on there! So...take that, Lando!