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ZenVulgarity posted:I've been following the f35 thread and holy poo poo It's quite an experience to say the least...
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A few years back I attempted to rent a house out in Ioco in return for repairs and renovations to the structure, since they are all just sitting there boarded up and rotting as heritage assets, but the city of Port Moody had zero interest in it. Now I see why, they were waiting for James Cheng to come along and turn it into another island of glass.
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If newspapers exist in 30 years these financial stories are gonna be so grim. "Had 125K student loan. Lived in parents basement until age 30 working un-paid internships. Changed jobs 10 times over the next 30 years never making more then 35K a year with no pension or benefits. Went into bankruptcy had the bank take what little they accumulated. Curled up and died in the streets." And old man CI reads the stories as a natural form of viagra from his stronghold in Seattle.
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Jan 18, 2015 18:48
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They should give old man CI a column.
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Dreylad posted:They should give old man CI a column. WHY VANCOUVERITES ARE THE SCUM OF THE EARTH, a column by C. Imperial.
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Rime posted:A few years back I attempted to rent a house out in Ioco in return for repairs and renovations to the structure, since they are all just sitting there boarded up and rotting as heritage assets, but the city of Port Moody had zero interest in it. Now I see why, they were waiting for James Cheng to come along and turn it into another island of glass. A new player in Metro Vancouver real estate development — Brilliant Circle Group Investments Ltd
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Jan 18, 2015 20:08
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I am struggling to figure out if this is parody or real because after that article it could be either.
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Xoidanor posted:It's quite an experience to say the least... Link?
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LemonDrizzle posted:They're right on that point, though - building housing without adequate parking is a really bad idea if you don't have enough good alternative means of transportation in place to make it practical for most residents to do without a car. These are all projects right in the heart of downtown. Not like Portland building parking free condos out in the burbs and hand waving concerns away by pointing at the not very good bus service in the area. All the parking within a km or so is metered so there's no local street parking for them to use.
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Jan 18, 2015 23:05
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I've been hunting for apartments closer to downtown and the parking problem is a huge issue for me. Almost every listing has no parking or fees tacked on to get parking. My job is not easily accessible by transit without prolonging the trip by a good hour both ways (Which I really don't want to do.). I'm fast realizing the only way I can afford to live anywhere near Toronto is if I move to the 401-Weston Rd area and get a place for 725/month. Neighborhood looks sketch as gently caress.
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That's why we need better transit. Parking should be expensive. Parking should be the responsibility of the developer and owner to create and pay for, not the municipal government. The Calgarian morons who are against secondary suites because of "not enough parking" are really starting to piss me off. I had to pay for my parking spot, and I pay condo fees and property tax on it, so anyone who thinks they're simply entitled to a free place to put their car can shove their entitlement straight up their rear end. It would be nice if all the fees from street parking and city parking lots went to funding transit so people don't need to be able to park their car everywhere.
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PT6A posted:That's why we need better transit. Parking should be expensive. Parking should be the responsibility of the developer and owner to create and pay for, not the municipal government. I'm cool with this and I pay for my parking spot. If I had better transit options to and from where I work I would take it much more often but transiting currently adds at least an extra hour to my commute.
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Kraftwerk posted:Almost every listing has no parking or fees tacked on to get parking. If parking would be provided to you for free, it doesn't mean it would be without cost - just that the costs would be absorbed into something else, like everyone's rent. What about the people who don't want a car now paying for something they won't use, and probably only a minor decrease in your total cost to rent?
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ohgodwhat posted:If parking would be provided to you for free, it doesn't mean it would be without cost - just that the costs would be absorbed into something else, like everyone's rent. What about the people who don't want a car now paying for something they won't use, and probably only a minor decrease in your total cost to rent? It's the general lack of parking that was the annoying, not so much the fees that come with whats available. The only reason I'm complaining about the fees is because relative to my salary and the current cost of renting that extra 65-100 bucks a month is actually a huge deal for me. If I was making 60-70k per year I would have zero complaints.
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If you want to live downtown, having a car is expensive and of limited use - except in your case for driving to work. You'd be better off living in the suburb if $60-$100 in parking is a hardship. The building I live in charges $130 a month or something.
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Jan 19, 2015 01:53
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yeah I pay an extra $70 a month for a garage. It's a luxury but so is owning a car in the city. I also store stuff in it though which is nice. Also it's absolutely possible to reduce reliance on cars if the city actually makes it a priority. Paris has reduced its car ownership from like 60% to 40% in just a few years simply by making transit better (carrots) but also actually having the balls to make driving less attractive (sticks).
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Jan 19, 2015 02:37
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Kraftwerk posted:401-Weston Rd area and get a place for 725/month. Neighborhood looks sketch as gently caress. That area is super sketchy don't move there. Look for a place around Wilson between Bathurst and Dufferin or if you're OK with a basement you can get one on Ranee. Or get a roommate. Living on your own seems to be a luxury most people can no longer reasonably afford.
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Kraftwerk posted:I've been hunting for apartments closer to downtown and the parking problem is a huge issue for me. Almost every listing has no parking or fees tacked on to get parking. My job is not easily accessible by transit without prolonging the trip by a good hour both ways (Which I really don't want to do.). I'm fast realizing the only way I can afford to live anywhere near Toronto is if I move to the 401-Weston Rd area and get a place for 725/month. Neighborhood looks sketch as gently caress. I used to live in the apartment complex at Avenue Rd. and Wilson, it was pretty great, despite a view of the 401
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EvilJoven posted:
I always hear stories about the early days of communism in Russia and how all the mansions were turned into shared living spaces with roommates and how horrible that was, to have to share with four or five roommates and how this was just proof of how bad communism is. Funny how that's where we ended up in capitalist Canada in 2015, if you're under forty. 
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Ugh looks like my only hope is if my internal networking within my employer pays off and I get transferred to the Munich office. Then maybe I'll enjoy saner living costs....EvilJoven posted:That area is super sketchy don't move there. Look for a place around Wilson between Bathurst and Dufferin or if you're OK with a basement you can get one on Ranee. I'll check that area out. That would also put me super close to work and reduce the strain on my gas costs. Wow they aren't pretty on the outside but there are some NICE places in this area. I just can't tell if it's a bad neighborhood or not. The fact that there's like a random church occupying a stripmall plaza every intersection is kinda weird. EDIT: Wow: http://www.viewit.ca/vwExpandView.aspx?ViT=156598 Perfect... now if only I had another $300 extra per month... Time to get a weekend gig on the side. Kraftwerk fucked around with this message at 03:53 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Rime posted:I always hear stories about the early days of communism in Russia and how all the mansions were turned into shared living spaces with roommates and how horrible that was, to have to share with four or five roommates and how this was just proof of how bad communism is. The smallest "Khrushchyovka" mass-produced pre-fab apartments in the Soviet Union was 323sq/ft in a single room. Not only are Vancouver microapartments 75sq/ft smaller, but we must pay for the privilege of living in them, and probably won't be standing fifty years after they were built. We've literally gone past the point where totalitarian communism did it better.
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ductonius posted:The smallest "Khrushchyovka" mass-produced pre-fab apartments in the Soviet Union was 323sq/ft in a single room. Then there is the Tiny house movement where you just live on the space of the biggest trailer you can get.
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ductonius posted:The smallest "Khrushchyovka" mass-produced pre-fab apartments in the Soviet Union was 323sq/ft in a single room. lol  I liked the quip from GBS on how Surrey basically resembles the alternative timeline in which Biff has the sports almanac
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Jan 19, 2015 03:46
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Did those Russians have strata fees? Because lol
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etalian posted:I liked the quip from GBS on how Surrey basically resembles the alternative timeline in which Biff has the sports almanac We're still waiting on the casino. Though Langley, Richmond, Coquitlam, and Vancouver all have them. The Whalley area has certainly improved in the last ten years; it actually has some development with some jobs there, though they are all government things like City Hall, the health authority, Simon Fraser University. If you don't work for government in some way, shape, or form, I'm not sure how you get a good job (i.e. middle class salary plus benefits) in the Vancouver area, Surrey or otherwise.
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Mandibular Fiasco posted:We're still waiting on the casino. Though Langley, Richmond, Coquitlam, and Vancouver all have them. wut
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JawKnee posted:wut huh? wut? what? whuh??
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maxidious posted:Link? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3647975
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JawKnee posted:wut Edgewater.
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China's real estate market is collapsing. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-18/china-dream-ends-for-handan-as-steel-slump-spurs-property-losses.html quote:Five months ago, Hao Liwei was living the good life, funded by a 36 percent annual return on a property investment. Then her nightmare began. namaste friends fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Jan 19, 2015 |
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Chairman Eleven, please send property speculators who default to live with the rural masses so that they can form a correct view of property ownership.
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blah_blah posted:Edgewater. poo poo I thought that got voted down
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Cultural Imperial posted:China's real estate market is collapsing. lmao, can't wait for the Australia commodity bubble to pop as a result of new changes in China aka we can't keep building empty skyscrapers forever
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etalian posted:lmao, can't wait for the Australia commodity bubble to pop as a result of new changes in China aka we can't keep building empty skyscrapers forever Australia always seems to lead Canada 1 or 2 years. Maybe they'll both slam into end of the commodity super cycle wall at the same time.
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Cultural Imperial posted:Australia always seems to lead Canada 1 or 2 years. Maybe they'll both slam into end of the commodity super cycle wall at the same time. Just like Canada is has a lovely balanced economy by sector: 
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Jan 19, 2015 07:54
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Lol Jumpingmanjim, how are your banks doing?
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blah_blah posted:I should have become a (real) doctor, I guess. 4 yr science undergrad 4-6yr PhD 2-3yr post-doc Outcome: more post-docs at ~$35-$50k/yr. No job security. Possible tenure track faculty position for 6% of graduates at average age of ~40 at around $100k MD stream 2-4yr science undergrad 3-4yr MD 2-6yr residency Outcome: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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You know in Looney tunes cartoons where the coyote runs off the edge of the cliff and keeps running, but he doesn't fall because he hasn't looked down yet. That's what the Chinese economy is like.
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