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Originally Posted by rubecube
That's a really unempathetic take.
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Sure, but is it untrue?
Is it your position that people in Vancouver are completely trapped and there are no solutions to their living conditions that they can take on their own? That they literally can’t leave or something?
Canadians are amazing at making up excuses for why we can’t do things. And it’s easy to do. Because everything has to be fair and just and equal in an unfair unjust and unequal world. Sorry but, there are consequences to choices so if you choose to live in a van on a driveway I am just saying it likely is more your choice than not when there are perfectly good alternatives all across the country.
People sometimes make choices about their living conditions. If they choose to live in Vancouver despite the ridiculous overpriced standards of living and then cry foul why do we listen to them when they have perfectly acceptable alternatives such as moving? Pretty strange to be trading minimum shelter standards for living in Vancouver but yes obviously different people have different reasons for living in different places (family, just don’t want to move, job, relationships, etc.)
But on the other hand, we have labour shortages across the country too. So it’s a bit odd to see people clamouring to live in subaverage conditions in Vancouver, contributing to a massively overheated housing shortage, and then crying foul when there are perfectly good and reasonable places with jobs across the country and that would likely improve standards of living for people say living in a van on a driveway. Again, no offence, but BC isn’t THAT beautiful.
Also, lastly, pretty unempathetic of you to say that people with allergies need to just put up with pets in rental properties.