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leftist heap posted:just another thing to be smug about. Vancouver is the only place creating jobs now I guess no one told Toronto about supply side economics. lmao
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namaste faggots posted:http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/no-recovery-in-sight-for-canadas-100000-unemployed-oil-workers You don't feel bad for them at all? I mean, oil is not a progressive thing to work in but these people had families and are suffering because of an economic downturn. Even if it's a volatile industry and some of them saved a lot, they still lost their jobs. And probably a lot of the lifestyle that came with that.
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Ccs posted:You don't feel bad for them at all? I mean, oil is not a progressive thing to work in but these people had families and are suffering because of an economic downturn. Even if it's a volatile industry and some of them saved a lot, they still lost their jobs. And probably a lot of the lifestyle that came with that. You should watch the 100% accurate and true documentary titled "Fubar 2".
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Yeah but a lot of the people quoted in that article are engineers and technicians, not just uneducated guys who flocked to an industry because the money was good. I mean, the engineers ALSO flocked there because the money was good, but they went through a lot of training and preparation. It sucks that some are now working retail. Ah well, I guess it's just a classist thing. Guess the petroleum engineers should've gone into software or something.
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Ccs posted:You don't feel bad for them at all? I mean, oil is not a progressive thing to work in but these people had families and are suffering because of an economic downturn. Even if it's a volatile industry and some of them saved a lot, they still lost their jobs. And probably a lot of the lifestyle that came with that. The vast majority were blowing every penny on luxury trucks and platinum nuts, expensive toys, massive mcmansions in the middle of nowhere, alcohol, drugs, and an extremely unhealthy diet. They didnt want to pay taxes because it might help out less fortunate people.
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Ccs posted:You don't feel bad for them at all? I mean, oil is not a progressive thing to work in but these people had families and are suffering because of an economic downturn. Even if it's a volatile industry and some of them saved a lot, they still lost their jobs. And probably a lot of the lifestyle that came with that. lmao you haven't read many CI posts have you
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Furnaceface posted:The vast majority were blowing every penny on luxury trucks and platinum nuts, expensive toys, massive mcmansions in the middle of nowhere, alcohol, drugs, and an extremely unhealthy diet. They didnt want to pay taxes because it might help out less fortunate people. that sounds like a massive generalization
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RBC posted:that sounds like a massive generalization debtbubblethread.txt
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Ccs posted:Yeah but a lot of the people quoted in that article are engineers and technicians, not just uneducated guys who flocked to an industry because the money was good. I mean, the engineers ALSO flocked there because the money was good, but they went through a lot of training and preparation. It sucks that some are now working retail. Yeah, I don't feel a lot of empathy for the university educated people who chose to make big money working in a cyclical toxic resource's extraction, mrs. fracker there is smart enough to understand to make hay while the sun shines. Maybe they can find a job making LAVs or something. I feel worse for the uneducated people who honestly thought it'd last forever.
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Ccs posted:Yeah but a lot of the people quoted in that article are engineers and technicians, not just uneducated guys who flocked to an industry because the money was good. I mean, the engineers ALSO flocked there because the money was good, but they went through a lot of training and preparation. It sucks that some are now working retail. I guarantee you every single one of those engineers knew exactly how cyclical oil work is too. It's not like jobs are impossible to find in Calgary now, it's just that the super lucrative ones have largely dried up.
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The new homeless people from the oil patch clogging up Vancouver are aggressive as gently caress.
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Ccs posted:You don't feel bad for them at all? I mean, oil is not a progressive thing to work in but these people had families and are suffering because of an economic downturn. Even if it's a volatile industry and some of them saved a lot, they still lost their jobs. And probably a lot of the lifestyle that came with that. gently caress no why should I? I make an enormous effort to live within my means while incurring no debt with the long term goal of saving enough money to provide for my family in retirement. These motherfuckers had every. loving. Opportunity. In the last 20 years to do the same. Are you loving serious that i should  because some guy making over 200k year now has to working at MEC? Growing up in the loving 90s I would have killed for a job at MEC. I graduated straight into the loving tech bust of 2000. gently caress you you and gently caress every motherfucker in Alberta cuz i got mineMotherfucker
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If Albertans were smart they would have warmed up the atmosphere enough for Edmonton to be habitable, and then sold it to the chinese.
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OSI bean dip posted:The new homeless people from the oil patch clogging up Vancouver are aggressive as gently caress. Glad to know people recognized where the influx of homeless people are coming from.
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namaste faggots posted:gently caress no why should I? I make an enormous effort to live within my means while incurring no debt with the long term goal of saving enough money to provide for my family in retirement. These motherfuckers had every. loving. Opportunity. In the last 20 years to do the same. Are you loving serious that i should It's hard to feel bad for people who go and blow all their new money on new stuff. When I got a new job that paid twice as much as I made before, I just bought a new Macbook Air and then got rid of all of my loans. Now my wife and I are just saving my whole salary into savings because there is no reason for us to spend it. This logic goes over the heads of people who strike it rich in the ~*~oil patch~*~. quaint bucket posted:Glad to know people recognized where the influx of homeless people are coming from. If you're homeless in Vancouver and are from the city, you're not super aggressive.
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Vancouver had the nicest homeless people, now all these mean outsider homeless people are coming in and making me uncomfortable around homeless people 
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Powershift posted:Vancouver had the nicest homeless people, now all these mean outsider homeless people are coming in and making me uncomfortable around homeless people If you're uncomfortable around homeless people then you have issues. I never said I was but let's pretend that I am since it makes you feel better.
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For what it's worth I used to work with downtown Vancouver homeless and almost all of them were from the east. Lots from Quebec for some reason. Maybe homeless Vancouverites go to Victoria when hoot suite lays them off?
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How's that crazy mall doing in Tsawwassen? My sister lives in Ladner and told me there's only one entrance and people were stuck in the parking lot trying to leave for four hours last week. It sounds insane.
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ephori posted:How's that crazy mall doing in Tsawwassen? My sister lives in Ladner and told me there's only one entrance and people were stuck in the parking lot trying to leave for four hours last week. It sounds insane. I understand it also blocks up the highway going to the ferries due to the terribly planned parking lot.
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Yeah I heard it's basically impossible to get from victoria to Vancouver and back as a day trip thanks to the mall. Traffic gets so bad the bus misses the ferry.
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RBC posted:that sounds like a massive generalization [Canadian mortgage and speculation figure] [Canadian consumer debt figure] [Canadian saving rate figure]
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Sounds like Bear Mountain in Victoria where they have like 4,000 houses along a single lane road meandering up the mountain that doesn't go anywhere and a set of lights at the bottom where it joins the transcanada. BC is so strange.
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Throatwarbler posted:Sounds like Bear Mountain in Victoria where they have like 4,000 houses along a single lane road meandering up the mountain that doesn't go anywhere and a set of lights at the bottom where it joins the transcanada. BC is so strange. That's also where they put the Costco for extra gridlock.
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A friend went to Tsawwassen for thanksgiving and said it took an extra 20 minutes due to mall traffic that they were forced to endure. It's clear why every local government and the metro region was against this project. I do think that it will fail to attract customers in the long term so traffic should go down.
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It's the honeymoon phase. Apparently the mall wasn't that great other than the Bass Pro.
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namaste faggots posted:Isn't bass pro just for white trash The one in Toronto is always full of brown and chinese people.
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Postess with the Mostest posted:The one in Toronto is always full of brown and chinese people. Ethnic Han are the most serious fisherman
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ephori posted:How's that crazy mall doing in Tsawwassen? My sister lives in Ladner and told me there's only one entrance and people were stuck in the parking lot trying to leave for four hours last week. It sounds insane. I haven't been to the lower mainland in a while and was heading over to the island last Saturday and was amazed. I assumed it was all ferry traffic, then I got to the mall and every driving area between parking spots was filled with cars in gridlock waiting to get out. There were police trying to direct traffic. What a poo poo show.
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Are there some super special rare stores at that new mall? I don't understand the levels of hype that have resulted in days of gridlock. Is it just the "new mall smell" or are there a bunch of store's greater vancouver has never had? Because if it's just yet another mall with the same loving chain stores as pretty much every other mall plus a lovely big box fishing store that's extremely pathetic. Bridge and Tunnel folk indeed.
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Where else are you going to get your $500 yeti ice cooler if not bass pro???
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Baronjutter posted:Are there some super special rare stores at that new mall? I don't understand the levels of hype that have resulted in days of gridlock. Is it just the "new mall smell" or are there a bunch of store's greater vancouver has never had? Because if it's just yet another mall with the same loving chain stores as pretty much every other mall plus a lovely big box fishing store that's extremely pathetic. Bridge and Tunnel folk indeed. It has a Cabella's for those three people west of Chiliwack who actually go hunting. Lain Iwakura fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Oct 12, 2016 |
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namaste faggots posted:Isn't bass pro just for white trash Yes, but only because "white trash" in Canada is less about ethnicity & poverty, and more of a state of mind.
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ephori posted:How's that crazy mall doing in Tsawwassen? My sister lives in Ladner and told me there's only one entrance and people were stuck in the parking lot trying to leave for four hours last week. It sounds insane. went to visit my folks in Tsawwassen for thanksgiving - the mall is pretty awful, which is to say: it's a mall. Traffic was insane, parking took forever, way too many people inside for just walking to be in any way enjoyable, a billion clothing stores and not much else. There is a bowling alley that looks like a low-rent disney-land inside though.
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namaste faggots posted:Isn't bass pro just for white trash yes, it's enormous and full of camo pajamas and hunting rifles
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