BC assessment gives you a nice 10 year graph of assessed values when you click on a property. From what I've seen it's about a 2x to 3x increase over the last 10 years, in my region at least.
I clicked on a random property, but this is typical for my whole city.
Is it literally the case that they just don't give a goddamn about climate change and they're just going to get theirs while they can and to hell with everything else?
Yup, that's my understanding. They probably aren't full on deniers, they know it's real, they just don't want to do the hard work and take the pay cuts that will progress us forward into the future.
Public servant here, the city I live in isn't hiring and when they do it's extremely competitive, think 150+ applications for one position. The city I work for is an hour away and I've been doing the drive for two years. I can't move closer due to lack of rentals and what is available is too expensive (I saw a 2br for 3100 this morning) and they won't rent to me because of pets (why bother when there is someone without pets who is willing to pay 60% of their salary, less risk for your "investment"). Can't buy because I can't afford 600k for a starter home with how crazy interest rates are right now I would be looking at a 3k/month mortgage.
I could try adjacent work closer to home, but there isn't much and it would be a pay cut even accounting for gas. Also no viable transit option available unless I want to leave my house at 5 and get home at 7.
So far I've been able to get 1 wfh day, 2 or 3 would be nice but I need to be in office to deal with the public.
Where I live on Vancouver Island (not Vic) rent has increased about 2 to 3 times in ten years. Housing prices, from what I've seen on bc assessment, is on par. Something assessed at 250k in 2013 is now assessed at 600 to 700k.
Looking at rentals this morning, 2br are anywhere from 1500 to as high as 3100.
My partner gets 20 mg gummie from the black market that work amazing for her for sleep. 100 gummie for $100. Can't get gummie for that price, or with that dosage from the gov't, so she'll never buy from them.
I understand the issues with edibles and kids, but the gov't isn't going to win this so they may as well figure out how to move forward if they want to make an actual dent in the black market.
After taking care of myself, friends and family, and what not I would start acquiring land that I would donate to my community for affordable housing and other community projects with the condition that I get to name everything built on it. All streets, schools, libraries, etc will be named by me.
You don't understand, I have to turn left in 25 km and what if I can't get back into my lane after I let you pass and I miss my turn. I'm not a confident driver so I am going to do what's safest and best for me and everyone else can just accept it. I'm going fast enough at 5km over the posted speed limit and you can just slow down, life isn't a race unless I need it to be.
For highway lowering the speed may be effective but lowering the speed limit from 50 to 30 won't stop drivers from going 50 unless the road is designed for lower speeds. So long as lanes are wide and there are little obstructions for drivers to worry about hitting, such as bumpouts, boulevards, etc., they will go as fast as they feel comfortable unless there is a cop behind them.
Edit: 50kmh to 30kmh I don't know what that is in freedom miles
She does have an iud so I could before, but her Dr put her on medication for her rheumatoid arthritis last year that causes birth defects so at the moment we gotta double up. Even if that wasn't the case, still couldn't afford to have a kid right now.
My partner got food poisoning a few years ago and kicked her food intolerances up a level where even trace amounts now wreck her so we've had to go to the dairy free route which is expensive and very limiting. Her doctor recently told her to try cutting gluten so now I have to relearn how to shop and cook to accommodate that which adds more to the bill. She's essentially a gluten free vegan who eats meat.
Without writing out my whole life story: student loans, unexpected vehicle issues (public transit isn't an option where I live), out of pocket medical costs not covered by benefits or gov't, long commutes with expensive gas and no feasible alternatives and few job opportunities closer to home in my field. Can't afford to move due to high rents so I'm stuck driving.
There's more but I'm hungry and wanna eat dinner and don't feel like going into it. We save everything that isn't essential and barely go out for fun, anything extra goes towards a down payment but the way things are going right not it doesn't look like we'll be able to buy for years unless we can put away like 2k a month.
Here they are (with full details to follow at the end of this article): Rob Flack, Ontario’s associate minister of housing; France-Élaine Duranceau, Quebec’s housing minister; Nathan Neudorf, Alberta’s minister of affordability and utilities; Gene Makowsky, Saskatchewan’s minister of social services; John Lohr, Nova Scotia’s minister of municipal affairs and housing; Rob Lantz, Prince Edward Island’s minister of housing, land and communities.
The housing ministers for British Columbia and New Brunswick do not have any reported investments in real estate.
BC assessment gives you a nice 10 year graph of assessed values when you click on a property. From what I've seen it's about a 2x to 3x increase over the last 10 years, in my region at least.
I clicked on a random property, but this is typical for my whole city.