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Rime posted:HTH: Large portions of rural BC are indistinguishable from rural Russia, like, I'm being completely and 100% serious and not just making a joke about geography. I get straight up culture shock whenever I leave the lower mainland and go to some town of 3k in the middle of nowhere. The most depressing place I've ever been is Blue River. The motel I stayed the night at had a large blood stain in front of one of the rooms and I couldn't find anywhere to eat, so I had gas station food for dinner. I learned my lesson and now stay in Valemont. I once had food poisoning in Valemont, but it was still a better experience then Blue River.
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Bilirubin posted:"...to Oyen!" You joke, but you can get 1200 acres in Oyen for the same amount as this condo. http://realtor.ca/Residential/Agriculture/13859662/28-0-Range-Road-4-0-Oyen-Alberta-T0J2J0 What I don't get is the high six figure houses in remote poo poo holes. http://realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/15254261/9-Chinook-Crescent-High-Level-Alberta-T0H1Z0 High Level, Ab http://realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/15968447/-15-6550-OLD-ALASKA-HY-Fort-Nelson-British-Columbia-V0C1R0 Fort Nelson, BC http://realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/15968459/134-LAKE-ATLIN-BC-ST-Stewart-British-Columbia-V0W1A0 Atlin, BC  Atlin is the red circle How do people expect to sell these? With somewhere like Vancouver there are millions of people and actual jobs, so surely someone will be dumb and rich enough to buy overpriced condos, but who drops half a million dollars or more to live in High Level? What pays enough to get people to buy a three quarters of a million dollar home in Atlin, population 450? You can't even retire in these places, since they are so far in the middle of nowhere that if you need urgent care you're hosed.
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Raenir Salazar posted:How do people have money to invest, I only have 900$ in the bank, 5k in debt for spending money stupidly I didn't have and probably 8k more in debt when I graduate and I still haven't managed to begin my career yet. Luck. I'm 25 and I have 100k in my bank, a 2013 car, and no debt, but it was all due to luck. I was lucky that my parents make enough money that they could afford to pay for all my schooling and had the knowledge to save as soon as I was born, so I got my 25k in tuition paid for. I was lucky that my parents let me stay at home for free saving thousands of dollars in rent. I was lucky that my interests led me to pick a career that has a high starting salary. I was lucky that I got my job through nepotism. I was lucky that I was born a straight white male. After all that, I can easily live off of half my salary, so the rest goes into the bank where I have some investment accounts (max TFSA, max RRSP, and a regular investment account). Having said all that, I work in the resource industry for a Chinese company. Will my luck run out soon? Maybe, but I have enough money to live comfortably for a year, and my parents will let me live with them again rent free. I sure as hell don't work hard and I don't deserve to have had all the opportunities life has thrown at me. All you can do is try to recognize those opportunities and take advantage of them. And don't do stupid poo poo like buy a house in Vancouver. It sucks, but life isn't fair and it sure as gently caress isn't a meritocracy.
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OhYeah posted:People making 100k-200k a year in the oilfields were truck drivers and not experienced engineers? What were the engineers making then, double or triple? Truck drivers are entry level heavy equipment operators. With overtime, shovel operators were making up to 300k. Entry level engineers make ~100k. I don't know what senior positions make, but the APEGA Salary Survey makes it look like it tops out around 200k/year. However, to make top money operating equipment you need to work ~75% of the time, which works out to be 63 hour work weeks. (I briefly drove a haul truck ~5 years ago)
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cowofwar posted:Cottages in Ontario aren't cabins, they are literal second homes with all amenities. I was confused since when I was in BC a cabin was just a shack with a wood stove. It's the same way in Alberta. Here's a 2 million dollar "cabin" at Pigeon Lake. https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/15866759/35-Silver-Beach-Road-Rural-Wetaskiwin-County-Alberta-T0C2C0-Silver-Beach And a 2.3 million dollar "cabin" at Sylvan Lake https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/16583896/141-Birchcliff-Road-Sylvan-Lake-Alberta-T4S1R6 However, I imagine a cabin in Northern Alberta would be more of a shack. Pigeon Lake is where everyone from Edmonton goes while Sylvan is Calgary.
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