OT: Off-Topic Thread Episode VIII: Daisy Dukes Sharkinis On Top

[Bosnian Beast]

Some might say that he's going to be... Putin on a show trial.

 

[DCDM]

FlamesFan18, how did you find the finance exam?

 

[Lunatik]

FlamesFan18, how did you find the finance exam?

I believe it was just handed to him

 

[DCDM]

I believe it was just handed to him

You need to stop.

Fine. How do you think you did on the finance exam?

 

[00xtremeninja]

ok Flames fans, I come here with a completely random question. Sure I could have gone to any of the Canadian team forums for this, but the pizza GDT showed me that your collective personality styles jive just right with mine.

Anyways,

My wife loves watching shows on HGTV, like Property Brothers, House Hunters, and Love it or List it. The latter seeming to take place in a lot of different areas around Canada. Here's where our question comes in.

Are the prices of homes up in Canada just insanely expensive? These couples have houses that are valued at 500k and up and seek out stuff in the 700k-1 million range. Now, being a homeowner myself, I can get an incredibly nice house for say 350k here in Minnesota. That's a house with like 3 car garage, 4 bed, 3 bath, finished basement, beautiful kitchen, etc etc. Given these shows, 350k would get us like a RV up there. Where as we see people dropping 800k for a single story house. So, people of Calgary, help us understand the housing situation in Canada.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Depending on the city, you'll find drastically different prices.

In Calgary, you might be able to get a one bedroom condo for about $225,000. That's about as cheap as you'll find.

I think the average price for a home here in Calgary is currently around $450,000. Edmonton is probably similar. You'd be looking at $600,000+ for a nice house, and near a million for a fantastic house.

Other cities (Winnipeg, Regina, Vancouver) will have different values.


www.realtor.ca - will give you an idea of prices.

 

[00xtremeninja]

Depending on the city, you'll find drastically different prices.

In Calgary, you might be able to get a one bedroom condo for about $225,000. That's about as cheap as you'll find.

I think the average price for a home here in Calgary is currently around $450,000. Edmonton is probably similar. You'd be looking at $600,000+ for a nice house, and near a million for a fantastic house.

Other cities (Winnipeg, Regina, Vancouver) will have different values.


www.realtor.ca - will give you an idea of prices.

nice, thanks for the ultra quick reply (see why I love you guys)

So then it seems like it boils down to the difference between the CAD and the USD. But even still, when I look at the exchange rate, there is only a quarter worth of difference. Gonna play around on realtor.ca and see what I can come up with. I can say though, it looks like there are some beautiful nature scenes in various parts of the country. Unfortunately the shows don't say what cities they are working in.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Any of those shows that show a Canadian city, you can almost guarantee it'll be in Toronto or surrounding areas, which aren't inductive of what housing prices are with the rest of Canada. Places in Vancouver and Toronto are going to be much more expensive than places compared to Calgary or Edmonton.

 

[00xtremeninja]

Right on, that makes sense. Major metro cities command a higher price tag everywhere.

 

[FlamesFan18]

FlamesFan18, how did you find the finance exam?

Not bad, was fairly easy except for that one Ch. 7 (I think that was the chapter) question. You?

 

[DCDM]

Not bad, was fairly easy except for that one Ch. 7 (I think that was the chapter) question. You?

Totally blanked on the early stuff from chapters 2 and 3 but I figured it out (I think) after jumping ahead to the more recent stuff. Overall I was pleased with how it went.

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Right on, that makes sense. Major metro cities command a higher price tag everywhere.

Another thing to consider is what your occupation is and what you are willing to handle in terms of your daily commute. Living out in the suburbs you'll get a lot more for your dollar, but if you have a white collar downtown job, your daily commute can be as much as an hour each way, plus parking in downtown Calgary is ridiculously high.

If you don't need to be in the city or mind the extra drive, surrounding towns (about ~1/2 hour from Calgary city limits) such as Okotoks, Cochrane, Airdrie, and/or Chestermere offer even more for your dollar, have lower property taxes, and you still get the scenery without the big city hustle and bustle. I work with a lot of people who live in these towns and they don't mind the commute at all.

 

[00xtremeninja]

It's funny you mention that, commute is an issue that comes up a ton. Makes sense though.

For people that choose to commute from far, are there adequate public transport options?

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

It's funny you mention that, commute is an issue that comes up a ton. Makes sense though.

For people that choose to commute from far, are there adequate public transport options?

Depends on where you live. If you're near the train stations, it's great. Not so much if you're not. The further out you are, the buses are less frequent.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Adequate? Barely. You pretty much need a car here. Unless you work downtown and live near the train station.

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

Life would be so much easier if we could just fly. People need to learn how to defy reality and do it. You wouldn't need a car.

 

[Anglesmith]

Kind of weird. I'm coming up to the time when I can enter the housing market myself, so I've been paying attention to this kind of thing. Looking at the price-range of about $400K or so, that buys me an absolute ****hole within the city limits here in Victoria. However, if I'm willing to live in one of the suburbs which requires a commute going through the "Colwood crawl" (it's a crazy bottle-neck stretch of road that backs up for kilometres during rush hour), then that same money can get me a nice-sized property with a house with three bedrooms, three bathrooms etc.

As they say, location location location.

 

[Flaming Satan]

Ohh those Sharks jerseys are really bad....

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Guys?

I need to convince the Mrs. to let me get the half season package of Gamecentre Live for the next four games.

Give me some valid arguments, other than "BUT I WANT IIIIIIIIIIT" or "These are very important games."

 

[DCDM]

Guys?

I need to convince the Mrs. to let me get the half season package of Gamecentre Live for the next four games.

Give me some valid arguments, other than "BUT I WANT IIIIIIIIIIT" or "These are very important games."

If she can't understand the importance of a playoff race...

 

[Ace Rimmer]

To be fair, her argument against it is fairly solid.

It is along the lines of "well if they're out of it when we get back, you probably didn't want to waste that money watching the games anyways"

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Tell her you'll watch The Bachelor with her afterwards.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Tell her you'll watch The Bachelor with her afterwards.

This, all about compromise

 

[Lunatik]

Tell her you'll watch The Bachelor with her afterwards.

this woman picked Stewie, clearly her taste is better than shows like "the bachelor"

god, I can't even say that without laughing. Love ya Stew haha

 

[Bosnian Beast]

RaginStajan, I bought EU IV and all its DLC for $28 on Steam this afternoon. I ended up playing it last night till 1:30 in the morning not realizing how much time had passed until I looked at my phone.