BC Lags Behind Other Provinces in Life Satisfaction

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

I'm a single car household, super energy efficient house, bike to work year round and this little punk has destroyed my efforts. Get him!

Can one be 'water-boarded' with Yop?

Lets find out shall we?

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by Locke

Can one be 'water-boarded' with Yop?

Lets find out shall we?

"The Sunnysiders send their regards."

[Bigtime]

Uh oh, now seeing online rumblings that this story could have been a CPC Party plant to highlight how the rent in a conservative province like Alberta is better. While failing to mention our rental rate increases are rising faster than anywhere else in the country.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

"The Sunnysiders send their regards."

I'd buy tickets for that.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Galakanokis

There is a student at UBC that commutes to school from Calgary. He books a round trip ticket 3 or 4 days a week and flies in in the morning and returns in evening. Typically he finds flights in the $120-$150 range return. With most rents being over $2500 he saves money.

I use to joke that I could buy a place in Mexico for $500K and use the leftover $1M to commute. Maybe that is a reality.

why wouldn't he just rent in Abbotsford? you can get a decent 2 bedroom for 1500, personally I never liked the valley commute but it's peanuts compared to a flight to Calgary

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Galakanokis

Yes, they live with the parents in Calgary, forgot to add that. He was looking at a 1.5hr commute living here so its likely doubled the commute time but he would save a tonne on reading weeks and summer not having to pat rent. I think it all points to the absurdity of rent out here that a potential 6hr commute is worth it. $2500 is probably a dump or a shared one bedroom space.

Does it really though? It points to that if you have all of your living expenses covered, you can fly from YYC to YVR 8 times a month for school.

It would be like buying a Ferrari and sleeping in it and saying it’s cheaper than buying a house in Vancouver and then call news outlets to do a story about yourself.

But given that it looks like his last semester anyway.

Pretty silly conclusion.

[D as in David]

A flight delay or cancellation on exam day would be fun.

[Wormius]

I don’t know why this is even a story. Dude flies twice a week for classes. Of course his flights will be cheaper than renting his own place.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I don’t know why this is even a story. Dude flies twice a week for classes. Of course his flights will be cheaper than renting his own place.

I hate to be most sarcastic bastard but...have we learned noting from COVID? Why does he have to go to Vancouver at all?

He can learn online. He knows it. We know it. The University of Phoenix knows it.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Locke

I hate to be most sarcastic bastard but...have we learned noting from COVID? Why does he have to go to Vancouver at all?

He can learn online. He knows it. We know it. The University of Phoenix knows it.

I mean, I read the story and it looks like it is a mandatory attendance, so I don’t begrudge his having to be there in person, but this isn’t like he’s flying out every weekday for classes - It’s twice a week!

It’s no different than if his parents lived in Vancouver and he only had 2 days a week of classes at U of C. It would of course be cheaper to do a round trip flight than rent his own place and deal with utilities, food, etc.

[blankall]

My guess is that the two courses are mandatory for his degree and must be attended in person. UBC offers lots of courses that can be taken remotely for credits. He probably left two mandatory courses until the very end or didn't plan out prerequisites. He then got stuck needed an an extra semester of school and decided to do the flying thing twice a week instead of paying to live outside of home.

[Geraldsh]

And he’s living with his parents- guess who’s paying for the flights.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by blankall

Depends on what flights he's taking. If he's taking flights at undesirable times, that aren't full, then he's really just tagging along on a flight that was going to go ahead no matter what.

That logic doesn't really work.

If he doesn't take the flights, and others do the same, we are closer to the airline reducing flights.

If people like him do things like this, they will add/maintain flights.

Tons of our individual actions are insignificant in isolation, but you can't ignore the sum of them.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

That logic doesn't really work.

If he doesn't take the flights, and others do the same, we are closer to the airline reducing flights.

If people like him do things like this, they will add/maintain flights.

Tons of our individual actions are insignificant in isolation, but you can't ignore the sum of them.

Depends. They are gong to have a minimum number of flights between Calgary and Vancouver. Probably one every 1-2 hours. There's a certain number of base flights that will occur no matter what. The airlines often sell off the excess seats at below cost to try and recover some of the excess capacity.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Things are getting heated in Richmond over a proposed safe supply site:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/globaln...-site-vch/amp/

The progressives telling Chinese Canadians to go back where they came from is an interesting turn

[activeStick]

The lady that yelled that is so far to the left she's now back on the right!

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Things are getting heated in Richmond over a proposed safe supply site:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/globaln...-site-vch/amp/

The progressives telling Chinese Canadians to go back where they came from is an interesting turn

They are proposing a site at the hospital. The proposed site seems totally fine to me. Not like they are dumping a stand alone facility into a residential neighborhood.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Things are getting heated in Richmond over a proposed safe supply site:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/globaln...-site-vch/amp/

The progressives telling Chinese Canadians to go back where they came from is an interesting turn

I dunno, the guy yelling "finally they will die" and complaining about spending money on victims is a lot more gross to me. Is that a Canadian value?

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Things are getting heated in Richmond over a proposed safe supply site:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/globaln...-site-vch/amp/

The progressives telling Chinese Canadians to go back where they came from is an interesting turn

“The progressives”

One, single safe injection site proponent.

Careful not to throw your back out reaching for that one.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I dunno, the guy yelling "finally they will die" and complaining about spending money on victims is a lot more gross to me. Is that a Canadian value?

Do we have to choose between 2 gross people?