London, Ontario, Canada:
London city is situated in between the lakes of Ontario in east and St. Clair in the west and in north and south are the lakes Huron and Erie respectively. In 1792 the name London and this place was chosen to be the capital of the Canada west or Upper Canada. Due to some reason, this plan did not materialize, and no settlement happened until 1826. In the mid-19th century, due to its Interlake location, the place was served as the British garrison town, due to which the city was developed into an important industrial and development Centre.
Because of the ratio of crimes, there is very low it is a safe place to live especially in case of families. London has homicide rate slightly above then the average rate. There are less than two victims per 100,000 of the population. This makes the city a safer place to live.
If anyone does not like the huge city, then it is absolutely the best place to live on a drive of two hours away from Toronto. According to the homeowners and residents of the city there are many benefits of living in the beautiful city and one will love living there.
The city has many attractive places from the Budweiser gardens to grand theaters and many shopping malls. The Richmond row pf the city has many wonderful bars, shops and fine restaurants. There are also many great hotels in the city.
It is also known as “forest city”, and the reason of this is the green spaces with over 200 parks. The city is surrounded by the world’s largest fresh waterbodies. Now the London, Ontario city is the hub of extensive rail and highway networks radiating into the surrounding agricultural village regions. These agricultural areas produce vegetables, fruits, dairy products and grain. Manufactures of Brass and steel products, clothing, food products, diesel locomotives, textiles, and electrical appliances are the big industries of London city.
The city is famous for its education. When it comes to the schooling the city has many options. The city is the home of highest-ranking academic institutions. The school operates the format of standard elementary and secondary system. After school, mostly students choose between the University of Western Ontario and the applied arts and technology institute at Fans awe College. The University of Western Ontario is ranked as to tenth university of Canada.
Affordable houses between $400,000-$500,000:
The price of an average house in London as compare to other major cities of Canada and in general national average is very low. The average price of a detached house in the city is $315K of a two-bedroom and two bathrooms house. Moving towards the townhouses the average price of a three-bedroom with two bathrooms townhouse is $270K. The prices of the condominium house are even low that is $120K of one-bedroom along with one bathroom.
London is a great city and have many best affordable neighborhoods, the list of which is given below:
- Southcrest
- Oakridge
- Byron
- Summerside/Jackson
- Westmount
- Masonville
- North London
- Woodfield
- Old East Village
- Old Victoria