Comments on: The sad truth about living in Vancouver. http://grahamwilliams.ca/2010/05/04/the-sad-truth-about-living-in-vancouver/ an inside look at canadian technology Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dmitriy http://grahamwilliams.ca/2010/05/04/the-sad-truth-about-living-in-vancouver/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 Dmitriy Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:46:11 +0000 http://grahamwilliams.ca/?p=149#comment-2726 Thats a great point! We're a small fam from the states and we just visited Vancouver, and fell in love with it so much that we are now considering moving there. (which is how I ran across this article) In such a desirable area, its seems only natural to have such high costs of living. The positive side to this is that everyone who lives there must really love the city, in order to stay there. There must be some tricks for families to living in Vancouver, such as co-renting a multi-family household, right? Thats a great point! We’re a small fam from the states and we just visited Vancouver, and fell in love with it so much that we are now considering moving there. (which is how I ran across this article)

In such a desirable area, its seems only natural to have such high costs of living. The positive side to this is that everyone who lives there must really love the city, in order to stay there.

There must be some tricks for families to living in Vancouver, such as co-renting a multi-family household, right?

]]> By: Andy P. http://grahamwilliams.ca/2010/05/04/the-sad-truth-about-living-in-vancouver/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Andy P. Sat, 08 May 2010 19:07:06 +0000 http://grahamwilliams.ca/?p=149#comment-113 Two things catch my attention here. 1) Is home ownership really a pleasure? Perhaps in old-timey land when a mortgage payment wasn't 70% of your net income. But now? Not sure how you do it. 2) For wealth to exist, there must be poverty. In any well-to-do society, someone has to clean the toilets. Why? Because the rich sure as hell aren't going to. This is the elephant in the room. There are things that can be done to make quality of life better for the lower earners, but I think society has to acknowledge the fact that for the wealthy or upper middle class to enjoy an easy lifestyle, it has to be done - directly or indirectly - at the expense of the poor. Two things catch my attention here.

1) Is home ownership really a pleasure? Perhaps in old-timey land when a mortgage payment wasn’t 70% of your net income. But now? Not sure how you do it.

2) For wealth to exist, there must be poverty. In any well-to-do society, someone has to clean the toilets. Why? Because the rich sure as hell aren’t going to. This is the elephant in the room. There are things that can be done to make quality of life better for the lower earners, but I think society has to acknowledge the fact that for the wealthy or upper middle class to enjoy an easy lifestyle, it has to be done – directly or indirectly – at the expense of the poor.

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