Explain to me teh Canadia.

[NAD]

Okay so I'm checking on http://www.mls.ca (real estate shits), and houses appear to cost about as much as the average SUV down here. Let's see, I could go get 14390871390857 neighbors I hate in a fucking DUMP of a house and area for $300k here, or move to Canada and pay just about as much as I spent on my car for an acre lot and 1500 sq. ft. while escaping the shithole that is SoCal at the same time. Is there something I'm missing?

Tell me about the daily Canadian lifestyle because I'm two steps out the fucking door. I'd be looking around the Vancouver area, or at least the BC area.

 

[lurch70]

motivation weight management clinics?

you do look a little bloated

 

[NAD]

HAHAH oops wrong link.

 

[mousewings]

Vancouver=lots of biracial, East Indian, Chinese, Vietamese people in some areas. Maybe as much as there are white people.

Stay to the West as the East is a hellhole in some areas. Hastings anyone? (and I don't mean the explorer).

Daily Canadian lifestyle? Hmm... don't know how to explain that. Except in some BC places, you can get around not knowing English.

Rents are pretty high in Vancouver, but maybe not as bad as the States from how you describe it...

 

[NAD]

If I got an average house in an average neighborhood down here, my mortgage would be around $2500 / month, my current rent is $900 / month for a nice apartment, and that is actually cheap now. I know people down the street from me paying much more for a much shittier apartment (he has a lovely view of the 91 freeway out his window, which is probalby the most congested POS freeway in SoCal, thus making it one of the worst in the world I'm sure).

What's the job market like? I'm not picky with what I do, just as long as I can make decent cash.

 

[lurch70]

hmm, in all seriousness the reason homes are cheaper is because wages are most likely a lot lower than in the US.
a good friend of mine from Romania moved there with her huband and kid 3 years ago and least year they already made enough to BUILD A HOUSE !!!! WTF? ...

personally I hear Canada is a nice place but going there from a big American city might be a hard change.

 

[mousewings]

From what I've heard, jobs are difficult to come by. Example: they had security jobs which go for 9 dollars in hour at where my relatives work. They had hundreds of applicants for this job which won't even pay the bills.

I'm not sure about high-tech jobs which need education but I think the situtation isn't much better.

 

[KILL TULLY]

IF YOU GO TO CANADIA AND DON"T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOUTNAIN IBKING ILL MURDRE YOU!!! KILL YOU DIEDIEDIE!!! (Go to whistle and ride A-line over and over again kthxbye) woooooooobeeeeeeeeerdrunk

 

[NAD]

That's what I was afraid of, hmm.

Obviously I'm going to visit before moving, but shit maybe I should buy a house in Canada while living here and pay it off in a few years before moving up there. I saw some houses for under $50k CAD, I could pay that off in 5 years if I wanted to, AND have a pad to stay in up there. Or rent it out to the Møøse maybe.

Tully, I need to start bicycling to fix my stupid knee, so okay, I will.

 

[lurch70]

you can build a nice log home in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania for about $15K ... and have another $35K left over for the best hookers at your disposal

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Personally I have no idea what the job market is, but if you hold a university degree and are from the US you can easily get back and forth.

As for the regions, Vancouver/Lower Mainland is just past the mountains and on the coast. Lots of rain and it's usually warm. Kamloops/Okanogan area there is where all the orchards are, (there's also reported to be a SEA MONSTAR IN TEH OKANOGAN LAKE ). It's usually nice warm weather and hot summers. You'd probably like it there. The Kootenays are also nice. It's in the mountains and the glacial lakes are beautiful. Great mountains and forested areas. I wouldn't mind investing in some property down there myself. Also my grandmother is a real estate agent in and around Cranbrook BC, so if you go around there 1) I can refer you to a good real estate agent, and 2) then I can come and visit.

 

[NAD]

you can build a nice log home in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania for about $15K ... and have another $35K left over for the best hookers at your disposal

*books flight*

Shit, I need to look into that, buying/building a house up there now, and heading up in 5 years. I'm sure my real estate friend will say "that's not good investment property" but, like most money grubbing whores don't understand, I'm not in this for the cash. This would be like the faraway log cabin I've wanted since I was 8 years old.

Herr Møøse, awesome.

 

[KILL TULLY]

you can build a nice log home in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania for about $15K

is this really true?

 

[lurch70]

yes ... was looking into it. i come from there.
italians are buying building like crazy there.

now I am not talking about a mansion for $15K but some small decent size place

 

[JayKeeley]

now I am not talking about a mansion for $15K but some small decent size place

Bear in mind, lurch lives in NYC.

 

[NAD]

Bear in mind, lurch lives in NYC.

lozlzozlolzzolozlzollozlloz

 

[Demilich]

I live in Toronto, the biggest and probably the most Americanized city in Canada, so many I'm the wrong person for this, but Canada's a good place. One of my friends was able to make a living off of $7.50/hr, working 40 hours a week. Not much of a living, but hey, by the time he was making $14/hr, he was doing quite alright.

My family's income is probably around $100,000CAD/year, and we live pretty damn well. That's about $65,000 from my dad (grocery store manager, no university education) and $35,000 from my mom (part time librarian, university education in law+library science-whatever that is-I think). Doesn't sound that bad, eh?

EDIT: Myself, I make about 8-10 grand a year and don't know where the fuck it goes.

 

[JayKeeley]

The bog roll is not included.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

oh yeah, and we don't fucking say "-eh?" all the time. or "aboot" unless you're Devin Townsend and you make SYL DVDs with this stuff in them. (and have the Canadian Gov't logo tattooed on your leg)

 

[NAD]

I'm a 26 year old college graduate with 9 years work experience, KALCULATE MY KANADIAN INKOME!!!