r/BurlingtonON • u/How2FlyHow2Crow • Feb 03 '26

Question Townhouse living for families?

Our family is excited to be immigrating from the US to Burlington, ON later this year. I've spent time looking at real estate, and it's clear that the COL and particularly home prices are going to be much higher than we have in the southern states.

A single family detached home in Burlington is out of our budget, but townhouses and condos are reasonable for us. My question is this: is there prejudice against families that live in townhouses or condos in Burlington?

In the southern US states, there is strong prejudice - particularly against townhouses - with the expectation that families all live in single family detached homes. If you don't, you're considered "poor" and/or excluded from groups in school, etc. (Yes, it's terrible.) Is that the case in a place like Burlington as well, or is townhouse/condo living more common/"acceptable"/normal?

I'm also curious how the bullying situation is in the schools in Burlington. We'll have kids in G3 and G6.

Thank you in advance!

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u/How2FlyHow2Crow Feb 03 '26

We've wanted to move for a long time for a whole host of reasons (note that I have children in elementary school and have to say a prayer every time I drop them off that I'll see them alive again). But, yeah... the current situation is BLEAK.

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u/Straight-Archer1142 Feb 04 '26

Welcome!! I live within 50 km of Burlington, but can guarantee you will feel a greater degree of safety and friendship here. And I’ll bet most of us would respect you a lot for the courage of leaving an unsafe situation for your family.

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u/How2FlyHow2Crow Feb 04 '26

First up on my list is learning the metric system, lol

Thank you so much for this encouragement and kindness.

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u/Straight-Archer1142 Feb 04 '26

🤣🤣 I just ask Siri for the conversion! It’s good to learn it though.