Man, all you pussy magnets.

if you bought commercial before the pandemic in the GVRD it doubled in like 2 years, now its softened a little bit maybe 10-15% down as vacancy rates are increasing. before the pandemic it was 1-2% vacancy everywhere, now its 3-5%.

Thats not the marriage bro, thats you

Whats your address? I need to send your wife a gift for xmas

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I call you guys c-word in the car almost daily.

Honda is definitely a good dude if you meet him.

He's just an example of the online rightwing derangement sphere. Too many Seattle/Portland/Vancouver is burning videos can eventually pollute your head. I do hope he comes back.

One of my cop buddy's who came to the RS-meet is fully on that same tangent. He was the same guy too scared to drink in downtown Portland because he thought we'd get stabbed by some homeless person, based off the stupid Youtube videos he watches.

I still clown him for that shit :lol

I'm afraid to drink in downtown Portland cause I'm afraid ICE will show up and beat me up, detain me and then ship me to El Salvador.

That’s honestly way more reasonable.

That’s a hard gig man. They should pay these cops the same as doctors.

Getting paid like 70-80k a year to deal with criminals, the paperwork involved, and always walking a fine line between potentially killing someone or getting killed yourself. Now that’s a stressful job.

It takes a special breed to keep a level head and not bring that shit home with you. I’m not sure how these guys dont need psychological help every day.

Bro what? Cops get paid like 150k, and most of them never keep a level head.

Do they? I thought they make like shit money. I spoke with a cop at the Moncton pizza joint the other day and he’s pretty nice. It seems like a hard ass gig man.

No doubt it's a hard job, and those that do it well are solid people. There are a lot of them that do not have what it takes to do that job doing it though.
I went to school to be a paramedic. The main component is that no matter what happens, is that you give someone the best care possible. Could I treat someone that drove shitfaced and just killed a family? Fuck no. That's why I didn't pursue the career after finishing school. There are LOTS of cops that should have made that same decision, and based on much more trivial experiences for judging people.
Regardless, they get paid more than fire fighters and nurses, and WAY more than paramedics, which isn't reasonable IMO.

From the VPD recruiting page:

Probationary Constable – $85,392
4th Class Constable (after one year) – $91,500
3rd Class Constable (after two years) – $97,596
2nd Class Constable (after three years) – $109,788
1st Class Constable (after four years) – $121,992

VPD officers have many opportunities to work overtime during staffing shortages, at events, or on movie sets.

Constables also become eligible for pay increments up to 115% of the 1st Class Constable wage through professional development.

VPD officers have countless opportunities to work overtime, including for the many events that happen in the city throughout the year.


Never seen that before... they have a "quick escape" button on vpd.ca. It bails you out to google and weather tabs. I'm assuming its for people needing to look for contact info but need to hide their search, like someone not wanting their abusive spouse to find out.

i mean come on, nurses make more than 100k. I think dem po po's should get more than that to NOT shoot people... or shoot them, whatever.

Well the 170K salary quote I gave earlier in this thread was with a shit load of OT... my buddy who's a cop makes something pretty similar to that on the low end. On the high end with as much OT as possible it comes closer to like 200K

I'm planning to upsize in the next couple of months/a year in Vancouver west side and I would appreciate any tips or pointers. We're planning on doing an extensive renovation in our next home and we'd like to do it right. We're looking to do a higher-end build (wolf/subzero etc.). We have a dog as well.

I have a builder in mind but I haven't settled on an architect/designer. Should I also get an interior designer? I'm curious what upgrades people are considering for their own/prospective homes? triple pane windows? solar? We're open to completely gutting the place, extensions, lifting the house (to raise basement ceiling height) if necessary, etc.

Any feedback or tips appreciated!

Your post is out of my income bracket, il see myself out

Appliances is only a small part of the equation.

Once you start deciding to cut more windows, moving walls, and the aforementioned basement lift is when the money gets really big.

Sorry I don't got any connections, it's way out of my league.

I do have a question, why reno and not just build your own?

Isn’t it a horrible time to do Reno ? It’s a great time to score some cheap / devalued properties that’s already done up. You should just find some desperate sellers in west van and low ball them.