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thats why these kids are weak and coddled. They all need to be beaten in the face with some new immigrant-grade / borderline refugee-ish level of poverty.
Insane to think most of our parents moved 1000 miles away leaving their grandparents back in the old country and raising us on our own, but here you guys are contemplating moving closer to get free babysitting.
Well... the standards / expectations of parental duties back then are really quite different compared to what passes as acceptable in this day and age though.
Back then, it was a much simpler world, and I'd say that for most parents, they can give themselves a pat on their backs for doing a decent job if they have kept their children housed, clothed, fed, and sent to school. Also, it was a lot more common for households to only have a single source of incoming, meaning that one parent was generally available at home to look after the children.
We all need daycare now bcos both parents work.
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Insane to think most of our parents moved 1000 miles away leaving their grandparents back in the old country and raising us on our own, but here you guys are contemplating moving closer to get free babysitting.
Part of that is the parents making the sacrifice of "losing" their kids so that the kids could have a better life. Back then the kids didn't immigrate to Canada because they couldn't stand their parents but because they wanted more opportunity - opportunity that didn't exist back in HK. Today we move away from our parents cause they drive us crazy and it's not their sacrifice that's driving it - it's our selfishness/independence that's causing it.
BTW: Didn't most of your parents end up immigrating their parents over here too? My paternal side came here shortly after my parents came to Canada and my maternal side lived with us - 10 people in a 3 bedroom house for about 3 years! - before they decided they liked HK better and moved back.
Nope... grandparents came to visit, but remember full health care back in Shanghai, nothing here... so it was impracticle for them to stay here long term....
Also, all their majong buddies are back in Shanghai lolol
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BTW: Didn't most of your parents end up immigrating their parents over here too? My paternal side came here shortly after my parents came to Canada and my maternal side lived with us - 10 people in a 3 bedroom house for about 3 years! - before they decided they liked HK better and moved back.
100% grandma didn't like it cuase it's so boring.
My dad said he love Van and wouldn't wnat to go back in Van. Not sure if it's the air here, or the ability to just be chill.. but surprised he likes Van.. (given he has been here or 30+ years
^^ I was gonna mention this, is it a good time to pick up condos, maybe you can get something in Surrey for $300s, better than rent, extra stash house, parking space
It's not because I we might not have seen the bottom yet, and the ROI is not going to be there when rent has been dropping and holding costs continue to rise.
Not sure why the downturn is making headlines. Maybe for peeps in their 20s/30s are seeing RE downturn for the first time?
what? how can you be so out of touch.
its making headlines cuz majority of folks in Vancouver live in these condos and townhouses. Now they lost 1/4 or 1/3 their values from when they purchased them in 2021/2022.
its pretty disheartening for the average joe to be paying out 4-5k in mortgage every month while your house is worth 200-300k less than what you paid for it. God forbid you lose your job (likely in this economy and traffis situations) and youre stuck paying for a house that you have to take a massive haircut on to sell.
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