Social life in Canada vs other countries
Feb 4th 2020, 2:35 pm
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Feb 4th 2020, 5:34 pm
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Re: Social life in Canada vs other countries
I say "pretty much" well past all of that sort of thing, but a few things have been appearing on my radar that could convince me otherwise. More practically, the Winking Judge on Augusta is most definitely in my top 3 all-time favourite locals anywhere in the world. Lost count of the number of UK pals I've taken there and they've left completely in agreement.
Feb 4th 2020, 7:47 pm
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Yep, one dollar. It was one of those houses that can be moved - not a mobile, one that can be lifted on a ginormous truck and moved. Like this.
That was, of course, the catch. The buyer had to move it somewhere else.
There were no takers. For someone with spare land or looking to buy a plot, you'd think it might be a better deal than building anew.
Feb 4th 2020, 9:24 pm
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Re: Social life in Canada vs other countries
A couple of years ago there was a house here that was on the market for $1.
Yep, one dollar. It was one of those houses that can be moved - not a mobile, one that can be lifted on a ginormous truck and moved. Like this.
That was, of course, the catch. The buyer had to move it somewhere else.
There were no takers. For someone with spare land or looking to buy a plot, you'd think it might be a better deal than building anew.
Yep, one dollar. It was one of those houses that can be moved - not a mobile, one that can be lifted on a ginormous truck and moved. Like this.
That was, of course, the catch. The buyer had to move it somewhere else.
There were no takers. For someone with spare land or looking to buy a plot, you'd think it might be a better deal than building anew.
Feb 4th 2020, 10:02 pm
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Re: Social life in Canada vs other countries
The house we are in now was one that was moved from another location, plonked on new foundation (so the house assumes the age of the new foundation) and then it was extended and added onto, not a single wall or join is straight. The original builders of this house as it stand live two doors down, in another house that moved from a prvious location.
Feb 5th 2020, 2:41 am
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Re: Social life in Canada vs other countries
I was comparing to people in Malta though, not UK.
Are you living in your own property? If so you could use some of that disposable income to pay more off your mortgage (if you have one). Or if you're renting, you could invest in an apartment or house and either live in it yourself or rent it out.
If there's one thing I've learned it's that your life can change in an instant, for any number of reasons. What we have today, good job, good health, can disappear in a blink. Having a tangible asset such as owning or having equity in a property is an invaluable hedge against that. I know it's old-fashioned old people advice but I thought I'd stick it in the mix
If there's one thing I've learned it's that your life can change in an instant, for any number of reasons. What we have today, good job, good health, can disappear in a blink. Having a tangible asset such as owning or having equity in a property is an invaluable hedge against that. I know it's old-fashioned old people advice but I thought I'd stick it in the mix
Love your sense of humour 
It's increasingly difficult for young people to get on the 'housing ladder'. The State government here used to give first time home buyers a grant of $30,000, but they've dropped that now to $10,000. For a cheap $400,000 house most mortgage providers want you to have saved a minimum of $40,000 deposit, which isn't exactly a small amount of money. Doable if someone's still living at home, is working and saving (especially if there are two people doing it) but not everyone can do that.
It's increasingly difficult for young people to get on the 'housing ladder'. The State government here used to give first time home buyers a grant of $30,000, but they've dropped that now to $10,000. For a cheap $400,000 house most mortgage providers want you to have saved a minimum of $40,000 deposit, which isn't exactly a small amount of money. Doable if someone's still living at home, is working and saving (especially if there are two people doing it) but not everyone can do that.
Feb 5th 2020, 3:06 am
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Re: Social life in Canada vs other countries
Fair, that is on par with a good chunk of Canadian universities, I think. I go to college and my tuition is $6,000 per year CAD.
I was comparing to people in Malta though, not UK.
I live at home still, intend to for the next couple years I think unless I go abroad...no real reason to move out, unless I have a partner that wants to live together which isn't currently the case, so I may as well keep doing what i'm doing and saving.
I 100% agree with your advice! I need to figure out where I want to settle down first though...and you're right, the housing market is tough to get into, and personally while i'm still young i'd rather spend my disposable income on experiences, travel, etc. Might be unwise for the future but hopefully in a few years my career will be going well and I can do both. Renting is like Jsmth said throwing money into the abyss.
I was comparing to people in Malta though, not UK.
I live at home still, intend to for the next couple years I think unless I go abroad...no real reason to move out, unless I have a partner that wants to live together which isn't currently the case, so I may as well keep doing what i'm doing and saving.
I 100% agree with your advice! I need to figure out where I want to settle down first though...and you're right, the housing market is tough to get into, and personally while i'm still young i'd rather spend my disposable income on experiences, travel, etc. Might be unwise for the future but hopefully in a few years my career will be going well and I can do both. Renting is like Jsmth said throwing money into the abyss.
Feb 5th 2020, 1:13 pm
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Re: Social life in Canada vs other countries
I have a daughter in university and another that is going in September, so I am very familiar with fees all across Canada. The tuition costs in England and Wales represent approximately $15,000. I doubt that there are many courses at university in Canada that have such fees for home students and I have to admit that I was very surprised that my daughter's tuition fees for an engineering degree were around $8,000 a year.
Feb 5th 2020, 3:08 pm
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Re: Social life in Canada vs other countries
Okay we're not Montreal or Toronto. Our downtown may not be St Denis (and others) of Montreal or many parts of Toronto (I have spent time in both of these cities) but I live in a city where public transport is good, walkability scores are high, and particularly for the 40,000 or so living within 20 minutes walk of our downtown. I would imagine anywhere with a population of a few thousand and a downtown or Main st would have it similar.
Obviously not of the size and number of the bar and restaurant filled streets bigger cities, but sky scrapers aside, walking along our Main St doesn't feel any different to similar length stretches of bar and restaurant filled streets in other cities. Except for the gaudiness of Niagara Falls of course.
I've walked around parts of Montreal where a bar crawl of four different places would require lots of walking and or bus/metro ride.
I have often joked about the downtown part of Moncton being like some High Streets of the UK
but it's changed over the years and if I wanted to to take in a few bars, some live music and a restaurant on a night out it's really no different to a night in town in Bristol.
Feb 5th 2020, 7:18 pm
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Re: Social life in Canada vs other countries
The part of your post that I quoted made reference to the "home fees in the UK"
I have a daughter in university and another that is going in September, so I am very familiar with fees all across Canada. The tuition costs in England and Wales represent approximately $15,000. I doubt that there are many courses at university in Canada that have such fees for home students and I have to admit that I was very surprised that my daughter's tuition fees for an engineering degree were around $8,000 a year.
I have a daughter in university and another that is going in September, so I am very familiar with fees all across Canada. The tuition costs in England and Wales represent approximately $15,000. I doubt that there are many courses at university in Canada that have such fees for home students and I have to admit that I was very surprised that my daughter's tuition fees for an engineering degree were around $8,000 a year.
Medical device reprocessing is cheaper but considering its a 4 month program the price is pretty incredible at around $10,500 breaks down to $2,625 for each month of training and its too short to qualify for financial aid.
University seems like a bargain compared to some vocational training programs.
Feb 6th 2020, 8:13 pm
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Not university but short term vocational training at public colleges can get up there in price. Practical nursing is only a 16 months program and comes in at $15,000 for a 16 month program (assuming you don't need to take the pre-requisites if you do then the price increases of course)
Medical device reprocessing is cheaper but considering its a 4 month program the price is pretty incredible at around $10,500 breaks down to $2,625 for each month of training and its too short to qualify for financial aid.
University seems like a bargain compared to some vocational training programs.
Medical device reprocessing is cheaper but considering its a 4 month program the price is pretty incredible at around $10,500 breaks down to $2,625 for each month of training and its too short to qualify for financial aid.
University seems like a bargain compared to some vocational training programs.
I go to college and my tuition is $2,300 per term. So less then $6k per year.
Total cost = $18,000 in tuition roughly for 3.5 years.
Feb 6th 2020, 8:39 pm
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Feb 6th 2020, 8:43 pm
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Re: Social life in Canada vs other countries
A couple of years ago there was a house here that was on the market for $1.
Yep, one dollar. It was one of those houses that can be moved - not a mobile, one that can be lifted on a ginormous truck and moved. Like this.
That was, of course, the catch. The buyer had to move it somewhere else.
There were no takers. For someone with spare land or looking to buy a plot, you'd think it might be a better deal than building anew.
Yep, one dollar. It was one of those houses that can be moved - not a mobile, one that can be lifted on a ginormous truck and moved. Like this.
That was, of course, the catch. The buyer had to move it somewhere else.
There were no takers. For someone with spare land or looking to buy a plot, you'd think it might be a better deal than building anew.
