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etalian posted:I still love the reddit story about buying a micro-house to solve the Vancouver affordability problem. Oh man I watched that thing get built up close almost from the beginning. I love tinyhouses and the idea behind them, I love the super novel architectural design, but putting one anywhere in Metro Vancouver is pretty loving dumb TBQH. The problems they are designed to solve are not compatible with the situation in the lower mainland.
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Rime posted:Oh man I watched that thing get built up close almost from the beginning. I love tinyhouses and the idea behind them, I love the super novel architectural design, but putting one anywhere in Metro Vancouver is pretty loving dumb TBQH. The problems they are designed to solve are not compatible with the situation in the lower mainland. it was also literally between train tracks, a busy highway and also sewage treatment plant.
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Aug 31, 2015 04:52
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etalian posted:it was also literally between train tracks, a busy highway and also sewage treatment plant. Where can I see this microhouse reddit thing? I have a friend who is heavily invested in them and won't listen to anyone tell him they are a bad idea.
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Aug 31, 2015 05:36
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the talent deficit posted:Where can I see this microhouse reddit thing? I have a friend who is heavily invested in them and won't listen to anyone tell him they are a bad idea. lol https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/2t5cd5/an_alternative_to_the_hellish_housing_costs_in/
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Aug 31, 2015 05:51
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Oh lawdy, that is not even the one I watched being built. Which means there is more than one local dumbass doing this. 
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Aug 31, 2015 06:06
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Rime posted:Well guys, I've officially given up on trying to survive in this market. Follow along as I convert and live in a van, in Van. suddenly your post about cops enforcing road rules has a different context
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Aug 31, 2015 06:24
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Aug 31, 2015 10:40
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etalian posted:Meanwhile Norway laughs at Alberta: How big would Canada's oil fund be if they would have been as sensible as the Norwegians since the start? Cultural Imperial posted:With two 'sleds' in the back I'm sitting at our summerhouse, lovely green and quiet and if I want to get back to the city, I just go to the nearest bus stop (3 minutes away) and after a one hour drive I'm there. No trucks needed. Being in the countryside owns because there are (almost) no other people. Is this a pro-choice ad?
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etalian posted:I still love the reddit story about buying a micro-house to solve the Vancouver affordability problem. Now I get to whip out another old post. It isn't just close to industrial, that area is terrible in many ways and no sane person wants to live there.  I pay $700 per month mortgage to live a bit to the east here 
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Aug 31, 2015 11:37
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How do you get to MY HOUSE? You take the bridge past the sewage plant, go past the Reserve, then you'll be able to see MY HOUSE on your left for the next 30 minutes while you wait in traffic from the train
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Aug 31, 2015 13:01
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Isn't his "house" a 1 bedroom apartment anyway? Like congratulations, you've got 600sq feet all to yourself, I hope that low mortgage is worth the inability to ever live comfortably with another human being for as long as you own it. I mean, I'm not opposed to owning, but seriously, you're bragging about your absolutely tiny apartment.
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Aug 31, 2015 13:12
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HookShot posted:Isn't his "house" a 1 bedroom apartment anyway? Like congratulations, you've got 600sq feet all to yourself, I hope that low mortgage is worth the inability to ever live comfortably with another human being for as long as you own it. 186 square feet I believe, 600 is the minimum allowed size for a house in lots of municipalities, it's hardly tiny. The only tiny house story that matters is this one, https://caseyfriday.com/2014/12/end-of-an-era-our-tiny-house-was-stolen/ Rime, how are you anticipating handling the panic attacks that'll happen while you're in the community shower imagining some filthy vancouver bums jacking your house for a weekend orgy/bonfire?
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Aug 31, 2015 14:24
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Rime posted:Well guys, I've officially given up on trying to survive in this market. Follow along as I convert and live in a van, in Van. FYI there's a goon (alctel) living in Victoria who has had his sole residence be a boat for the last year or so. He barely got the heat working before November.
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Aug 31, 2015 14:51
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Just get a girlfriend to share rent.
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Aug 31, 2015 14:53
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It is my opinion that living in a permanent dwelling like a house or an apartment is best.
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Aug 31, 2015 15:07
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Kafka Esq. posted:Just get a girlfriend to share rent. Considering the similarities, here you are likely looking at 600% totalt mortgage debt-to-annual income ratio if you want to own anything in Stockholm on your own so I advise getting at least 2 spouses, preferably 3 or even 4 spouses. Mormonism and Islam, the solution to all our problems   
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Pimpmust posted:Considering the similarities, here you are likely looking at 600% totalt mortgage debt-to-annual income ratio if you want to own anything in Stockholm on your own so I advise getting at least 2 spouses, preferably 3 or even 4 spouses. Mormonism and Islam, the solution to all our problems Burn home-owner culture to the ground.
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Aug 31, 2015 15:39
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Ikantski posted:The only tiny house story that matters is this one, https://caseyfriday.com/2014/12/end-of-an-era-our-tiny-house-was-stolen/ While I personally like the idea of people living in smaller dwellings than gigantic McMansions, this story is just too funny. His house, was stolen. That's rich. I feel bad for the guy. Though he seems slightly unhinged. Rick Rickshaw fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Aug 31, 2015 |
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Aug 31, 2015 16:11
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Rick Rickshaw posted:While I personally like the idea of people living in smaller dwellings than gigantic McMansions, this story is just too funny. His house, was stolen. That's rich. Feel bad for his next door neighbour instead, his house/trailer was eventually recovered.  http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/Tiny-stolen-home-has-been-recovered-5992072.php
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Aug 31, 2015 16:22
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So, some of these tiny houses are actually smaller or the same size as a trailer, right? Why not just get a trailer?
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mastershakeman posted:FYI there's a goon (alctel) living in Victoria who has had his sole residence be a boat for the last year or so. He barely got the heat working before November. i lived on a boat for a year. it was fun during the summer and miserable during the winter.
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Aug 31, 2015 17:09
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I lived on a boat for 8 months. Having to manually pump to get your piss and poo poo out of the toilet is no fun what-so-loving-ever. Doubly so when you've contracted food poisoning. But at least there was a toilet, which means it's still better than a van!
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Aug 31, 2015 17:14
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CI is going to have fun tomorrow since we can expect them to announce another quarter of
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Aug 31, 2015 17:50
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Ikantski posted:Feel bad for his next door neighbour instead, his house/trailer was eventually recovered. He actually doesn't live in the tiny house. He sold it at a loss, and now praises apartment living. EDIT: The first link was wrong, fix'd. Falstaff fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Aug 31, 2015 |
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Aug 31, 2015 18:06
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Falstaff posted:He actually doesn't live in the tiny house. He sold it at a loss, and now praises apartment living. Of course he's huge into standing desks, of course.
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Falstaff posted:He actually doesn't live in the tiny house. He sold it at a loss, and now praises apartment living. I wonder what these people would do in markets where full size houses are cheap as poo poo.
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Twerk from Home posted:I wonder what these people would do in markets where full size houses are cheap as poo poo. And that's why all the loving talk about "adjusting expectations" and "increasing density" and "reducing zoning red tape" is loving bullshit that is completely devoid of any loving sense of finance it economics. Just bury your head in sand.
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Aug 31, 2015 18:28
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etalian posted:Meanwhile Norway laughs at Alberta: Remember that time we dipped into our fund and spent it on giving everyone 400 bucks so that people would think Klein was cool? That was cool.
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Cultural Imperial posted:And that's why all the loving talk about "adjusting expectations" and "increasing density" and "reducing zoning red tape" is loving bullshit that is completely devoid of any loving sense of finance it economics. Just bury your head in sand. The Fraser institute has a wonderful unbias study of red tape! https://www.fraserinstitute.org/research-news/display.aspx?id=23185 There is too much! and it costs too much to build a new house! What fascinating findings!
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etalian posted:Meanwhile Norway laughs at Alberta: Not so fast, Marxist!! Did you know that unlike glorious Canada, Socialist Norway produces virtually zero innovation?! Alberta's Conservatives have saved a tremendous amount of money in the heritage fund.  
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Aug 31, 2015 20:34
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I dunno mr Worthington, Bioware isn't really all that innovative; have you seen that basic plot they reuse for like 90% of their games?
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Pimpmust posted:I dunno mr Worthington, Bioware isn't really all that innovative; have you seen that basic plot they reuse for like 90% of their games? Very true.
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When I think of Canadian innovation I think of life saving surgical implants and fancy medical poo poo, not children's video games.
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THC posted:When I think of Canadian innovation I think of life saving surgical implants and fancy medical poo poo, not children's video games. Also, my namesake. Fantastic bit of Canadian engineering, proven worldwide for decades.
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THC posted:When I think of Canadian innovation I think of life saving surgical implants and fancy medical poo poo, not children's video games. It's Alberta we're talking about. You get pollution and children's games. e: This is where HAL will pop in with a list of Albertan innovators, half of which will have been bankrupt since the 90's and the other half involved in pig processing, isn't it? ocrumsprug fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Aug 31, 2015 |
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Aug 31, 2015 22:02
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THC posted:Canadian life saving surgical implants I can't tell if this is a Baywatch reference or not.
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If Canada were wiped off the map tomorrow, I guarantee you it would have absolutely zero effect on the state of future technological innovation. Source: all our universities are now defacto condo developers. Just in case one of you idiots decides to get smart, kwantlen and capilano are 'universities' only in name.
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Ikantski posted:I can't tell if this is a Baywatch reference or not. Cultural Imperial posted:Just in case one of you idiots decides to get smart, kwantlen and capilano are 'universities' only in name. Juul-Whip fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Aug 31, 2015 |
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Aug 31, 2015 22:22
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Cap U condos would have a hell of a view, but no Chinese would buy them due to the cemetery up there.
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Reverse Centaur posted:Cap U condos would have a hell of a view, but no Chinese would buy them due to the cemetery up there. The solution to home affordability is to just create more ghosts?
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