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Originally Posted by Galakanokis
We've hired three kids over the last few months and they are making decent wages for being in their early 20's, maybe $45K-$50K. But one guy pays $2200 for an apartment!. There's nothing left. He mooches as much free food and drink from work that he can otherwise lives on ichiban noodles and Kraft dinner. None of them have a social life. They have no idea what it means to sit in a pub for hours after work with your friends and talk #### and play pool. What kind of life is that. Work and video games because they can't afford to go out.
In a neighborhood in north van I think someone is renting a camper van parked in a driveway for $2K a month. That is your living space. They can use the washroom and laundry inside but everything else is in the van. $2K.
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Yeah. I would definitely not move to Vancouver now, if this was the situation.
For me, a major draw of Vancouver was the ability to walk around, be social, go for beers, etc...If that option was off the table, I don't know why anyone would want to live here.
It does sound like at $2,200/month, they're likely renting a nicer 1 bedroom, when they could be sharing a house or basement suite for half that price.