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PT6A posted:I'm not in Calgary right now, I'm in Madrid. The mountains are perhaps not quite so high or so close, but they're still a good hike and you can go skiing if you're into that. Does Spain still have 50% unemployment for people under 25? Pretty great.
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Toronto needs a midtown to differentiate between the East End and the Lower East Side otherwise it is all the same and my condo is technically in the poors area To be fair to Vancouver, at least it doesn't have that desperate-to-be-NYC thing that Toronto has going on. Vancouver already thinks it's way better than NYC 
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Lexicon posted:To be fair to Vancouver, at least it doesn't have that desperate-to-be-NYC thing that Toronto has going on. I've been telling my friends for literally the last 10 years, Vancouver is LA without the money.
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Cultural Imperial posted:I've been telling my friends for literally the last 10 years, Vancouver is LA without the money. Having lived in both LA and Vancouver you have never been more wrong.
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The Butcher posted:I think it's just that in a place like van you need to make your own fun more than waiting for it to find you, if that makes sense. It makes sense, but it's just a semantic niggle. Fun doesn't just magically come to you anywhere really. Like I said, it's hard to describe. Gorau posted:I think the word you're looking for is soulless. Great parks, beautiful views, but a lot of Vancouver has this sort of "sameness" to it that's hard to describe. I usually spend at least a couple months a year in Vancouver for the last few years, and it always strikes me that despite the wonderful offerings surrounding the city, the city itself feels like one giant suburb. This is especially true of Yaletown. I think that sameness applies to the people in BC as well. My GF and I are both from NL and one thing that bothers us both is how many people here seemingly have their identity and personality defined by the same 2-3 boring-rear end things. Yeah, hiking and yoga are neat but they don't make for much of a personality and it gets really tiresome to hear about after a while. I really don't want to hear about your goddamn hike or slacklining sesh anymore good god.
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May 28, 2015 22:36
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Lexicon posted:Must we do this?
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I am beginning to think you guys don't have fun in Vancouver because you're all humorless cranks who bitch and moan constantly, jfc
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the talent deficit posted:Having lived in both LA and Vancouver you have never been more wrong. I'm sure LA is 100x better.
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Vancouver is probably the least friendly city I've ever visited or lived in but if you can make a few friends it's just as fun as anywhere else.
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Ccs posted:Vancouver has done a good job marketing itself though. I've never been there, yet when I hear about it I imagine a nice climate, trees, a bit of misty rain, and shiny condos, despite reading pages and pages of this thread saying it's terrible. It really is physically gorgeous when it isn't raining. But it rains a lot, and there isn't much else going on. That said, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in Canada.
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Reverse Centaur posted:It really is physically gorgeous when it isn't raining. But it rains a lot, and there isn't much else going on. That said, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in Canada. There are many beautiful places in Canada that were absolutely worth living in. Were; because the housing bubble, death of the economy, and continued decline of essential services means they're only habitable by the wealthy or retirees now.
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So apparently that 1.2 trillion dollar CMHC liability is only something like 50% of the mortgage market.quote:Canada’s national housing agency says it’s now insuring a record low 50 per cent of new residential mortgages, and it doesn’t intend to let it drop any further...“We’re very comfortable with our market share around 50 per cent,” [CEO Evan] Siddall said at Bloomberg’s Toronto office May 22. That means that half the liabilities out there are privately held, so the taxpayer will only be bailing out half of homeowners! Or....something.
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rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:Vancouver is boring and dull in a very intangible and indescribable way. It's like, the opposite of a place like Montreal or St. John's. Still think my plan is best, push Vancover into the ocean, move Montreal over to replace the empty spot.
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Franks Happy Place posted:I am beginning to think you guys don't have fun in Vancouver because you're all humorless cranks who bitch and moan constantly, jfc 
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Reverse Centaur posted:It really is physically gorgeous when it isn't raining. But it rains a lot, and there isn't much else going on. That said, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in Canada. The summers are phenomenal. Seriously Vancouver has the nicest summers of any place I've ever lived. Also everyone in our building is getting booted out of their apartment so the owners can
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Clipperton posted:The summers are phenomenal. Seriously Vancouver has the nicest summers of any place I've ever lived. What's the legality of this?
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Cultural Imperial posted:I've been telling my friends for literally the last 10 years, Vancouver is LA without the money. That has always been my feel on Vancouver. It has the bullshit attitudes of LA without having the excuse of being LA.
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the talent deficit posted:Does Spain still have 50% unemployment for people under 25? Pretty great. I don't think it's quite that bad at this point, but yes, the country is still fairly well hosed. This doesn't necessarily apply to Madrid, any more than the Maritime's economic woes apply to Toronto. However, if you're just a rich guy with no particular need to work (as I assume anyone that can afford property in Vancouver is) why should that matter to you in the slightest? The Butcher posted:Agree that Madrid & Sevilla are both very cool cities, what a completely different culture from ours. Too drat hot for me though. And Spanish speaking. I'm poo poo with languages and wouldn't ever want to live anywhere long term if I wasn't totally fluent in whatever they speak. You miss out on so much. I'll take "too drat hot" over "too drat rainy." I don't think anywhere has a perfect climate for me, so I'll take what I can get. My Spanish is still fairly poo poo, but it is improving. HookShot posted:You literally cannot compare skiing in the Pyrenees to skiing at Whistler, that's stupid and ridiculous. I hate skiing and snowboarding, having tried both, so I'll admit I'm not qualified to pass judgement on that. Regarding the horrendous temperatures, I'll say this: I'll take 33 with air conditioning rather than 25 in Calgary, where apparently air conditioning is considered unnecessary. I have left the Canadian west coast (well, I don't consider Calgary the west coast, but, for the sake of argument...) many times. I live in Montreal for three years, and I've lived for this same period of time (approximately one month) in Cape Town and Ft. Lauderdale as well, in addition to being many other places for shorter periods of time. I imagine the shine would indeed wear off after a time, but I'd still give Madrid fairly high marks overall. Other places in Europe pissed me off way more, way faster, so it's not some general sort of infatuation with Europe either. Part of the reason I decided to stay here a whole month was to see if it was indeed as tolerable as I found it as a short-term tourist, and so far, so good. I became disenchanted with Montreal much faster than that.
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Lexicon posted:What's the legality of this? Perfectly legal, unfortunately.
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Montreal is nice but it likes to get around 55c in the summer and -90c in the winter and so many of the buildings lack extreme luxuries like "AC" or "basic insulation" or at least they seem to if you're working class. Can get by pretty well only speaking english but there's a bit of a glass ceiling for jobs if you don't speak french fluently enough to make friends. It's certainly better though than moving somewhere where speaking english means you're stuck being friends with a bunch of lovely anglo ex-pats and you will never ever be accepted fully by the locals even if you do learn the language. If you're someone who community is very important it makes being a globe trotting immigrant a terribly isolating experience. For a few years I was seriously considering moving to Prague but gently caress losing your entire social network and spending the rest of your life trying to master a tricky language desperately hoping to maybe make some friends. How do you people that move around a lot, even to other countries, manage? Are you just really good at languages and forging new social networks or just not the sort of people who really need a circle of close friends nearby?
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Lexicon posted:What's the legality of this? Even if it wasn't legal, the burden of proof required in an RTB dispute is so onerous that it's effectively impossible to win in most cases.
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Baronjutter posted:It's certainly better though than moving somewhere where speaking english means you're stuck being friends with a bunch of lovely anglo ex-pats and you will never ever be accepted fully by the locals even if you do learn the language. If you're someone who community is very important it makes being a globe trotting immigrant a terribly isolating experience. For a few years I was seriously considering moving to Prague but gently caress losing your entire social network and spending the rest of your life trying to master a tricky language desperately hoping to maybe make some friends. I know what you mean, and the only reason I'd consider moving to a Spanish-speaking country is that I studied the language for long enough that I can get by. Honestly, I'm poo poo at forging a social network, but if anything I'm better when I'm abroad than when I'm in Canada, maybe because I feel like there's less pressure on me. Besides, right before I left Calgary, a huge portion of my social network sort of blew itself to bits, so it's good to have a bit of practice in a place where I don't know anyone.
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Wealthy Toronto residents don't want neighbours with sub-million-dollar condos, lolquote:"I'm really concerned about my property value going down," Lisa Goodwin told the Star. "Right now all the houses are $1.1 to, say, $2.2 [million] but they're looking at putting in places that are only $500,000."
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Franks Happy Place posted:I am beginning to think you guys don't have fun in Vancouver because you're all humorless cranks who bitch and moan constantly, jfc I unironically love Vancouver as a city and would rather live there (employment and housing prospects aside) than anywhere I've spent an extended period in.
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I unironically don't like Vancouver because there are too many Chinese people. 
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PT6A posted:I know what you mean, and the only reason I'd consider moving to a Spanish-speaking country is that I studied the language for long enough that I can get by. Honestly, I'm poo poo at forging a social network, but if anything I'm better when I'm abroad than when I'm in Canada, maybe because I feel like there's less pressure on me. Besides, right before I left Calgary, a huge portion of my social network sort of blew itself to bits, so it's good to have a bit of practice in a place where I don't know anyone. What's the social network story?
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Baronjutter posted:How do you people that move around a lot, even to other countries, manage? Are you just really good at languages and forging new social networks or just not the sort of people who really need a circle of close friends nearby? You pick up new languages really quickly when you're forced to live there. Or I guess you live a lonely existence and only know other dumb expats that couldn't be hosed learning something new. I'm fluent in English and French, can hold a basic conversation in Spanish, and because of the latter I have literally had conversations with Italians where I've spoken in Spanish, they've replied in Italian, and we both understand each other. Also picking up the real basics of a language is pretty easy. Immersion is the biggest thing though. You pick up a language so easily when your two choices are "learn or starve/be lonely"
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"If you make my neighbourhood more popular my house prices might go down." -- Homeowner.
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Lexicon posted:What's the social network story? Fairly long story, but the quick version is that mixing business, friendship, and huge amounts of liquor and weed, and a sudden, bizarre sense of paranoia, can really gently caress things up. This guy was sort of the glue that held the network together, so although I still have friends, it's not really a "network" any more at this point, so one way or another it's going to require more effort than it had before to maintain my social life. I hope he gets back on his rocker quickly, too, but he refuses to hear that he drinks too much and needs to stop smoking weed, so I doubt it'll happen. It did prompt me to massively cut back on the boozing, though, so I guess that's a good thing.
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Cultural Imperial posted:Get hosed Canada 50% Net on housing doesn't translate well to a disposable income fueled capitalist utopia.
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Seeing western Europe from the sky has really hammered home everything Canada has hosed up when it comes to planning, especially after seeing the crazy 1000x1000 acre perfect cubes that literally all of Alberta / Saskatchewan has been divided into.
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 Why Corporate Tax Cuts Are Pointless, in one handy chart.
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Rime posted:Seeing western Europe from the sky has really hammered home everything Canada has hosed up when it comes to planning, especially after seeing the crazy 1000x1000 acre perfect cubes that literally all of Alberta / Saskatchewan has been divided into. Those towns and villages are hundreds of years old. They weren't "planned". You want to see European planning? Go to Milton Keynes.
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THC posted:Try finding your way around a town in Europe without GPS. Every 10 blocks or so, you might see a sign with the name of the street you're on. Oh god, this. When you do finally see it, it's usually in a non-standard place in a barely readable font, too. Renting a car here must have been sheer torture before GPS was invented.
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