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Originally Posted by blankall
Last West Coast Express train leaves downtown at 6:20 PM. My work typically runs past that. The drive into New West for "flexibility" is horrendous. I drive out to South Surrey once a week, which goes the opposite way of traffic. That is bad enough at about an hour each way. However, I see what's going on in the incoming lanes, which are a total parking lot.
The issue is that the economy is not keeping up with the growth in expenses, so the government can't afford to build the infrastructure needed. Other people have spoken about cities like London and NYC as examples of how people need to commute. Those cities have massive mass transit structures that Vancouver cannot afford.
I'm not trying to build sympathy for myself. My career and that of my partner is growing at a pace we could actually afford to be "house poor". I'm not investing now, as I see the market dropping another 30% in the next two years. My bigger concern is what will happen to the city as a whole. You shouldn't need a two lawyer salary to afford a place to live. I want to have neighbourhoods and communities and live in a thriving city. I don't want to be surrounded by empty lots.
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What you are seeing in Vancouver and Toronto more and more are families shacking up together in one home. Buying a decent house closer to Vancouver with 4 incomes isn't the best scenario, but it beats having to commute. If you are really good friends with the other family and construct the interior with a certain amount of separation in mind , it can work.