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09-18-2009, 12:29 PM
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#126 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld  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.. | 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.
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09-18-2009, 12:46 PM
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#127 | | Banned (BBM)
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well its not easy to live in vancouver
say husband bring home $3g after taxe ($4g before taxes) wife brings home $2g before taxes
u have roughly $5g to spread our ur monthly expenses
$300 for a grocery getter
$200 for gas
$200 for insurance
$900 for food for the entire family
cell phones, cable, land lines $170
property taxes $300
mortgage/rent $1000-1400
misc expenses $300-600
about $4000 dollar right there, you can hardly save money if at all
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09-18-2009, 12:50 PM
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#128 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Mr.HappySilp 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. | LOL, sorry about that I had like 5 windows open at once.
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09-18-2009, 12:53 PM
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#129 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Vege 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. | Ya I don't really get the whole everyone wants to live in Vancouver attitude like it's the end all be all place to live. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you can give me the same house on same land in Vancouver then I have right now for the same price and I'd still rather live where I am. I have no desire to live in Vancouver and I'm not alone.
If I suddenly won 10 million from the lotto I'd build a house in the same area I'm in now.
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09-18-2009, 12:55 PM
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#130 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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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.
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09-18-2009, 02:03 PM
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#131 | | MiX iT Up!
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Originally Posted by asahai69 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. | i'm 100% sure there's ppl in that situation man. not everything is all rosy! Quote:
Originally Posted by asahai69 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. | 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 = $40
so you go with option 1: drive and pay. 7*5 = 35 / week x 52 = 1820 per year.
i bet you anything that is 1 extra mortgage payment for a person in a small city.
the person tries to better themselves , but the gov't just pushes them back to the ground.
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Last edited by tiger_handheld; 09-18-2009 at 02:09 PM.
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09-18-2009, 02:12 PM
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#132 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld - u live in richmond because you cant afford to live in the 'vancouver' | wait...isn't he the member that has a garage full of sweet cars?
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09-19-2009, 09:22 AM
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#133 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld i'm 100% sure there's ppl in that situation man. not everything is all rosy!
I'm just gonna go and assume the following:
- u cross a bridge everytime you want to go to the 'vancouver'
- u live in richmond because you cant afford to live in the 'vancouver'
people move out to surrey,langley,abby cuz its cheaper. and driving for 40mins-1hr is 'not bad'. With tolls the person has two alternative:
7$ / 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. | parents moved to richmond because its closer to our warehouse/office. my daily commute to work is a grand total of 3 minutes each way.
still own the vancouver house btw. just renting it out. Quote:
Originally Posted by Chairman Kaga wait...isn't he the member that has a garage full of sweet cars? | lol. i wish man
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