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PT6A posted:Yes, from a corporate landlord who ensured that all deficiencies were fixed incredibly promptly, because they had their own maintenance staff. I'm saying that if you were renting from a private landlord and if they were either being obstinate or you couldn't reach them, it would be reasonable to get the work done yourself provided it can't wait (access to a shower is pretty much #2 on the list of things I need to live, right after access to a toilet). From the Ontario Landlord Tenant Board FAQs: quote:Can I withhold rent because my landlord isn’t properly maintaining my building or unit? Seriously people, do not do this. e: also, quote:Withholding rent (from here) vyelkin fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Nov 12, 2015 |
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Okay, so then get it done, and go to the board if the landlord refuses to pay it instead of withholding rent right away arbitrarily. The point is: no one should have to live in a dwelling with no access to a shower and/or a toilet. Those things are about as non-negotiable as it gets.
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PT6A posted:Okay, so then get it done, and go to the board if the landlord refuses to pay it instead of withholding rent right away arbitrarily. The point is: no one should have to live in a dwelling with no access to a shower and/or a toilet. Those things are about as non-negotiable as it gets. No, everyone else's point is that while you should have access to a shower or a toilet, going around the law and deciding to withhold rent yourself is a great way to get a working shower and toilet, but quickly find yourself on the street because randomly deciding to not pay your full rent is a great way to get yourself evicted, because while your landlord is following the law, you are not. No matter how right you may be morally, in practice and reality your advice is terrible and would get you evicted.
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HookShot posted:No, everyone else's point is that while you should have access to a shower or a toilet, going around the law and deciding to withhold rent yourself is a great way to get a working shower and toilet, but quickly find yourself on the street because randomly deciding to not pay your full rent is a great way to get yourself evicted, because while your landlord is following the law, you are not. Okay, then do what I just suggested in my most recent post: get it fixed (provided the landlord will not), and then go to the relevant authority and get permission before withholding rent. You shouldn't just go "gently caress it" and shower anyway, if it's going to cause further damage.
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vyelkin posted:e: also lmao the rest of this series allows comments but this article does not I WONDER WHY To be honest, since the magazine is obviously cherry picking her case as one that will draw the most attention, it's kind of cruel to allow comments which are going to be uniformly brutal. I blame this person's parents more than anything else.
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Definitely go gently caress it and shower anyway a bit of water damage never hurt anyone..
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jm20 posted:Not sure how you can declare bankruptcy within a year, probably turned an amazing idea into another Canadian failed business She came back within a year but declared bankruptcy several years after that. She never had a real job, just lots of rich quick "entrepreneur" schemes. She even started trying hosting seminars herself at one point.
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vyelkin posted:Why would you advertise that you are such a terrible idiot?? I've honestly wondered if those articles about boomers supporting their kids were true. I had no idea they would pay for their lifestyle and condo lease or whatever. People I know might live at home past 30 which seems like it's the new normal, but hell paying 40k for your kids lifestyle, maybe they are very well off. edit: while doxxing her it seems she went to Ryerson, UVA, and NYU SCPS. Moved to the UK (2012) to Live-in Tutor and Family Personal Assistant Private High Net Worth Family Now is in 4th internship at magazines, which pays nothing... Reverse Centaur posted:She came back within a year but declared bankruptcy several years after that. She never had a real job, just lots of rich quick "entrepreneur" schemes. She even started trying hosting seminars herself at one point. It's a hard lesson but she will be eating canned food for life, she should share her story for some new series on how boomers are bankrupting themselves. Risky Bisquick fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Nov 13, 2015 |
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How do you go bankrupt when your parents are supporting your lifestyle to the tune of $40k/year and you have any alternate income? Like, if you can't live on that without going bankrupt, gently caress off and die already.
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PT6A posted:How do you go bankrupt when your parents are supporting your lifestyle to the tune of $40k/year and you have any alternate income? Like, if you can't live on that without going bankrupt, gently caress off and die already. Separate people.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:CI is it normal for all these oil tankers to be hanging around? I don't know. http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/BDIY:IND The Baltic Dry index tells us container ship costs are low. I'm not sure this includes tankers though.
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Cultural Imperial posted:And I'll just leave this here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-12/five-strange-things-that-have-been-happening-in-financial-markets I read that too and felt the same way, passed it to a real live (paid for doing it!) economist buddy and they could barely parse it either. We live in a new time and have a new global economy. poo poo is going to look weird and different. Maybe that means good, maybe bad. I wouldn't place a bet either way until we see a real trend. (Don't bet on Canada though.)
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The Butcher posted:I read that too and felt the same way, passed it to a real live (paid for doing it!) economist buddy and they could barely parse it either. I kinda think this is just a harbinger for some cataclysmic event when the Fed raises rates.
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blah_blah posted:Separate people. Ah, never mind. I don't often read links (it angries up the blood) and I got confused about which people we were supposed to be upset about and why.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...rticle27240852/quote:Oil slump fallout starting to hamper other industries Hopefully this also means that hal_2005 will be imminently unemployed and left with no other options other than suicide.
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Paging Pinterest Mom to talk about how strong our economy is right now. 
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PT6A posted:Okay, then do what I just suggested in my most recent post: get it fixed (provided the landlord will not), and then go to the relevant authority and get permission before withholding rent. You shouldn't just go "gently caress it" and shower anyway, if it's going to cause further damage.
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vyelkin posted:Why would you advertise that you are such a terrible idiot?? congrats to her sucker parents for subsidizing a beauty trade publication by pimping out their daughter
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Yes, because this is clearly sustainable in the long term, the number of firms can only go up! 0% mobility can only happen if the sum of absolute movements within each sector is equal or nearly equal to the total amount of movement in or out. What the gently caress does this guy mean by " doesn't square"? Does he mean the unemployment figure provided is wrong, or that the per sector movement is off (and in what direction)? Yes, twitter, but that statement needs more explanation. Ughhh.
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...rticle27240852/ Hal isn't real he is a AI like Helios in Deus Ex.
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CBC Comments posted:Vancouver in overrun with foreigners. There isn't a more perfect foreign investment market in the world. Rich Chinese know that other Chinese flock to live in BC. This makes BC real estate a relatively safe investment. Chinese millionaires buy BC real estate and sell/rent it to Chinese immigrants. It's almost insidious enough to be considered a hostile takeover. Chinese aren't even bad people but on this scale of immigration it is a very bad thing for Vancouver. It is basically a Chinese colony now Your move CI
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jm20 posted:I've honestly wondered if those articles about boomers supporting their kids were true. I had no idea they would pay for their lifestyle and condo lease or whatever. People I know might live at home past 30 which seems like it's the new normal, but hell paying 40k for your kids lifestyle, maybe they are very well off. It definitely happens. I visited a friend I went to school with, she has this big 2 bedroom condo. Turns out her mom pays for it, surprise. Her and her fiance just bought a house hmmm I wonder where that money came from
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triplexpac posted:It definitely happens. I visited a friend I went to school with, she has this big 2 bedroom condo. Turns out her mom pays for it, surprise. Asian? For some reason asians really buy the whole you have buy property to be a worthwhile human being marketing pitch?
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http://imgur.com/qwAAPi5 Hey guys an education at langara is totally useful
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://imgur.com/qwAAPi5 Real estate really is all this goddamn city can talk about
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etalian posted:Asian? Whitey is just as bad. It's a deep rooted cultural meme (think "the American dream") going back through history in various iterations. Real estate obsession is a human thing, not a race thing.
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So, as you folks already know, Andy Yan's been receiving some flak for his latest research. I don't know if it was already mentioned previously in the thread, but Matt Hern recently posted a rebuttal ("Matt Hern: Vancouver's core real-estate problem is profiteering and not whether buyers are of Chinese ancestry"). Here's a summary excerpt below: quote:The issue is not 'Chinese' money: the core problem facing our housing market is that it is a market, turning land and homes into property on which to speculate and profit. It makes no difference at all whether a particular investment in Vancouver's housing market comes from Chengdu or Calgary, Kerala or Kerrisdale. The causes of our current crisis are speculation, profiteering off of shelter, governments in default of obligations to ensure affordable rental housing, and a policy regime that consistently privileges the most wealthy among us. Those are the issues that we need to talk about, not the imagined or real ethnic background of buyers. I'm genuinely surprised that the conversation hasn't been shut down by 'racism' this time around. Today's article by Douglas Todd is pretty good, and it confirms that Yan's methodology and ethical process was pretty drat sound. Another summary below: quote:"But was there anything about the study by Yan, who is acting head of Simon Fraser University’s City Program and a planner at Bing Thom Architects, that was “racist?” Leading Canadian figures in anti-racism organizations, in applied ethics, in urban planning, in immigration consulting and other fields say, “No.”" Here's another by Camilla Lade, a rebuttal directed towards Hern. Here's a choice quote, which I think nicely summarizes this whole situation (edit: but is kinda lol-worthy, considering political interests): quote:Why are we wasting our time accusing each other of racism and thereby immobilizing politicians into inaction? Instead of pointing fingers, we should be addressing creating fair, equitable policies and laws that benefit our ethnically diverse and unequal class system. Places like Hong Kong, Sydney, and Singapore have all done it. It is time we stopped pointing fingers and allowing wealthy developers to capitalize on our inaction. Hubbert fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Nov 14, 2015 |
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Reverse Centaur posted:I was an Electronic Arts orphan, my dad worked 10am-10pm often seven days a week and I have virtually no emotional connection with him. It really hosed up my mom too, like I mentioned my dad's 30+ year old Seiko Digiborg watch was featured in a new video game (Metal Gear Solid) and my mom was like "I bought him that watch because it was one of the few that had an alarm in the 80s and it was supposed to remind him to come home." Both my girlfriend and I work in Canada right now in the animation industry, and deal with lots of unpaid overtime and short contracts. We've discussed whether having kids one day is an option, but we're not sure how it's going to work out if the industry continues to be like this and demands pleasing clients at all costs at the expense of a work-life balance. Though she previously worked in China and says that there it is worse, because the company literally won't let you leave before 10 pm, whereas in Canada you can leave at regular hours if you've managed to finish your work. But anyway, I have some American money in the bank so when this housing bubble pops maybe I can actually afford a condo. That'd be nice.
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://imgur.com/qwAAPi5 Remember how the Irish bubble had similar signs, "Buy now you don't want to miss out!"
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Lexicon posted:Real estate really is all this goddamn city can talk about It's all any city can talk about. You know, "shelter", one of the bedrocks of human society since we started walking upright.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:It's all any city can talk about. Shelter? Get out here with your socialist ideas commie, houses are for investment first and living second. All hail private property.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:It's all any city can talk about. Shelter may well be an important topic to humans, but it takes Vancouver levels of obsession for the local university-college [sic] to reference novel zoning and the outsized returns on the west side on its own billboard advertisement for, you know, education.
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vyelkin posted:Why would you advertise that you are such a terrible idiot?? Christ, her parents contribute more than I make in a year to her lifestyle. And I still manage to save money.
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