I went through that bigugli but my wife had a job as a nurse at the time, I was in construction and laid off a fair bit but we decided to stick with her job, thats the reason I had to go to Sudbury a few times but then got good work here and it worked out.
As far as winter and black flies go, the Sault is great being moderated by lake Superior and lots of snow is just plain fun in the winter.
I hear you guys on work though...south is where all the real good jobs are
armpit, you need a little boat, atv and a snowmobile and you will love it