Quote (Toshster @ Feb 9 2022 11:52am)
Makes me wanna blow my brains out. Even rental costs are FUCKED. And I'm not even in Victoria/Vancouver :lol:
honestly more fucked to rent outside of metro van than inside lol. you can at least live somewhere like Burnaby/Richmond/Surrey then ditch your car. end up saving a lot of money not needing to pay insurance/gas/maintenance every month. there's a ton of places to rent and you can easily get around with public transit. worst case scenario there's ridesharing.
on the other hand vic has pretty much gotten just as expensive to rent, yet transit is complete shit. either you rent in/near downtown or you're gonna lose so much time with buses.
then of course the rest of bc has nonexistent transit infrastructure so you either have a car or die. yet these places barely have purpose built rentals and have barely built new homes despite the housing crisis being province-wide for a while now. so good luck even finding a place at all, then finding parking then not paying out of your ass.
"BC = bring cash" has never been more true. I've been leeching off my parents during the pandemic and putting almost everything I make into investment, and the returns have been nice. yet if I had bought something at the top of my mortgage eligibility in 2020 I would've had more networth even though I would've been paying the bank, taxes, strata, etc.
and if you've been paying market rents... well, every month you're essentially falling behind everyone else.