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Probably had more to do with the harsh weather conditions.Originally Posted by Lulu
Ha is that what real estate is up there? I'd never looked into it. Years ago I dated an attorney in Alberta... I wasn't impressed with his house (kind of old and run down) and maybe it's because real estate is ridiculous up there.
Probably had more to do with the harsh weather conditions.
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It's connected, but it's just a big part of the larger problem. 700 billion would go a long way to help the worthless remain worthless. It would also go a long way to criminalizing innovation and encouraging scavengers at the fringes of society. Not that I condone either.
I could be wrong here but I'm willing to bet you live within a stones throw of a fairly rural part of my country. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
I live 1 hours drive from the border and I'm here to tell you we are very different in many ways. (not "bad"...just different) We may drive the same kind of cars but we only buy them when we can afford them.
We have $700,000 dollar townhouses that are indeed shit holes. However if we choose to buy one we have a set of standards in place that give us a fair chance at ownership.
We do not eat the same kind of food(s) because we have different rules as to what constitutes "food".
We don't claim to be better. We just maintain that we're different.
Malcolm Wright (07-24-2012)
I'm not sure that's the reason. On a trip a few years ago through British Columbia we re-entered the US on Hwy 93 and the difference was striking. We left behind the well-maintained highway and right-of-way in sight of attractive white wooden houses on manicured lawns and were immediately confronted with dilapidated farm shacks with immobile, rusted out cars and trucks in the untended front yards of Montana.
What an embarrassment.
Geez I get sick of correcting your misquotes and misinterpretations. No, it didn't have anything to do with harsh weather conditions - that would be about the exterior. His was an older house, mid 70's, low ceiling, no granite countertops, outdated kitchen, boxed off rooms instead of open floor plan, funky old rug instead of tile or wood. No updates and it looked kind of like the Brady Bunch's house inside.
If he's NW, he's just below Vancouver. I've been to Vancouver and I'd say there isn't a lot of difference when you cross over the border. However, my relatives live in Buffalo and we used to go over the border there right around Niagara Falls. What a difference... Canada was so clean and neat compared to the US. But where I live, we have tons of the McMansion types who over build and over extend. Canadians don't seem to do that. They live comfortably but within their means. It's just what I noticed from visiting there.
Chachma v'Oz (07-24-2012)
And you never stopped by for a beer?
Frankly I'm crushed.
You're wrong, I don't live across the country from Toronto. I can drive just a couple miles and look across the water at Vancouver Island and Victoria.
Having been to Toronto to work a few years ago, I couldn't see that big a difference, except the old world type buildings and higher prices for things like gasoline.I live 1 hours drive from the border and I'm here to tell you we are very different in many ways. (not "bad"...just different) We may drive the same kind of cars but we only buy them when we can afford them.
Personally I have never seen or was aware of any $700K townhouses. I know for a fact there are not any in my town of 5K. In fact I don't believe we have any townhouses at all at any price.We have $700,000 dollar townhouses that are indeed shit holes. However if we choose to buy one we have a set of standards in place that give us a fair chance at ownership.
Does that just apply to you or everyone? If it everyone I guess that mean another freedom Canadian don't have.We do not eat the same kind of food(s) because we have different rules as to what constitutes "food".
Why and in what sense? You put your pants on one foot at a time don't you.We don't claim to be better. We just maintain that we're different.
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I WILL NOT INSULT YOUR INTELLIGENCE BUT YOUR LACK OF INTELLECT IS FAIR GAME
Remember the axiom of big government bureaucrats: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. When, finally, under the crushing weight of taxes and regulation, it stops moving, subsidize it. Going Postal
Sound to me outside of your snide remarks that you were looking for a sugar daddy and found a lemon drop instead. Otherwise fuck you and the long horn you rode in on.
I WILL NOT INSULT YOUR INTELLIGENCE BUT YOUR LACK OF INTELLECT IS FAIR GAME
Remember the axiom of big government bureaucrats: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. When, finally, under the crushing weight of taxes and regulation, it stops moving, subsidize it. Going Postal
Property brothers, a show on HGTV, is filmed in Canada. Shitholes (teardowns) for half a million dollars. You can build a castle for half a mill in Texas.
Here's New Braunfels, TX houses for half a mill. A real neat city with German roots. The towns water park has gotten the best water park in the US several years. A lot of great restaurants, Octoberfest, etc.
http://www.texasrealestate.com/search/index.cfm
That didn't work. Try this house:
http://www.texasrealestate.com/searc...?id=1159356118
Last edited by Going Postal; 07-27-2012 at 02:54 AM.
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