Originally Posted by tiger_handheld (Post 6598608)

Tell me how I(used generally) can pay a mortgage with 12/hr with a wife who makes $10/hr with two kids 1 in elementry and 1 in highschool.

can i own a house in "vancouver" - tell me where ( 2 br , 2 full bath )

(12*160hrs/mo + 10*160hrs/mo) = 3500/mo gross x 18% for tax =2860 after tax x 12 = 35k per year!


can i own a decent car ? decent = 2000+ without it having to breakdown every 2500km

seems like ur in fantasy land mr.piggy, or u've grown up with money all ur life that you have lost its meaning..

Originally Posted by Mr.HappySilp (Post 6598775)

U quoted me wrong lol. I never complain aobut the tolling of the bridges. I just came to express my feelings aobut how crappy bus/skytrain services is even though they are getting huge amounts of fundings from tax/revenues and other sauces.

This tolling is not going to help to improve the public transportation in any way. Is just a money grab for the higher ups so they can give themselvies 40% annual raise every year.

Originally Posted by Vege (Post 6598649)

Have you checked how much it costs to afford a home in Vancouver? I as well as many people I know would rather buy a house in the suburbs than live in a small condo in Vancouver.

Originally Posted by asahai69 (Post 6599356)

lol. if ur making 12 bucks an hour. wife making 10 an hour. and you got 2 kids, oldest one is in high skool. then "owning" a house and car is the least of your worries lol. gotta be a complete fuckin idiot to have that situation.

Originally Posted by asahai69 (Post 6599405)

i dont really even get why this is a topic. if people cant afford to live in vancouver then dont live in vancouver. if i was making 14 bucks an hour. i wouldnt have a stick up my ass because i cant live in the west side. just gotta live within your means.

fuck sakes. i havnt gone on a proper vacation in 6 years. started working straight out of high school and i work 6 days a week. im never gonna cry because of some random people i dont know drive a nicer car or live in a nicer area. all i know is that i just gotta grind harder and work balls to the wall to achieve that shit.

on topic tho. the tolls are retarded. lol. i live in richmond. im gong to get fucked hard.

Originally Posted by tiger_handheld (Post 6599492)

- u live in richmond because you cant afford to live in the 'vancouver'

Originally Posted by tiger_handheld (Post 6599492)

i'm 100% sure there's ppl in that situation man. not everything is all rosy!



I'm just gonna go and assume the following:
- u cross a bridge everytime you want to go to the 'vancouver'
- u live in richmond because you cant afford to live in the 'vancouver'

people move out to surrey,langley,abby cuz its cheaper. and driving for 40mins-1hr is 'not bad'. With tolls the person has two alternative:
7$ / day in tolls (3.50 x2) + 1hr commute time( say u make 20/hr) = 27.
alternately, you can bus ur ass for 2hrs = $40

so you go with option 1: drive and pay. 7*5 = 35 / week x 52 = 1820 per year.

i bet you anything that is 1 extra mortgage payment for a person in a small city.


the person tries to better themselves , but the gov't just pushes them back to the ground.

Originally Posted by Chairman Kaga (Post 6599508)

wait...isn't he the member that has a garage full of sweet cars?