From: assimilate on 29 Jan 2010 01:04 On 28-Jan-2010, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > However, with this 12% sales tax along with your other taxes, cost of > housing, how can you say it's cheaper to live there? http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/01/26/consumer-home-affordability.html it isn't -- bill-o
From: dene on 29 Jan 2010 01:17 <assimilate(a)borg.org> wrote in message news:4b627a80$0$30041$882e0bbb(a)news.ThunderNews.com... > > On 28-Jan-2010, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > However, with this 12% sales tax along with your other taxes, cost of > > housing, how can you say it's cheaper to live there? > > > http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/01/26/consumer-home-affordability.html > > it isn't > -- > bill-o That leaves Alberta! -Greg
From: Alan Baker on 29 Jan 2010 01:34 In article <4b627a80$0$30041$882e0bbb(a)news.ThunderNews.com>, assimilate(a)borg.org wrote: > On 28-Jan-2010, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > However, with this 12% sales tax along with your other taxes, cost of > > housing, how can you say it's cheaper to live there? > > > http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/01/26/consumer-home-affordability.html > > it isn't Yes, Bill: one of the most beautiful cities in the world with limited land because of its setting between the mountains and the sea has high prices for housing... ....because demand is high. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: dene on 29 Jan 2010 02:59 "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message news:alangbaker-6455D6.22344128012010(a)news.shawcable.com... > In article <4b627a80$0$30041$882e0bbb(a)news.ThunderNews.com>, > assimilate(a)borg.org wrote: > > > On 28-Jan-2010, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > However, with this 12% sales tax along with your other taxes, cost of > > > housing, how can you say it's cheaper to live there? > > > > > > http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/01/26/consumer-home-affordability.html > > > > it isn't > > Yes, Bill: one of the most beautiful cities in the world with limited > land because of its setting between the mountains and the sea has high > prices for housing... > > ...because demand is high. It's not a city like Vancouver or Victoria but the nicest Canadian town I've been to is Sydney, B.C. on Vancouver Island. I'd summer there in a heartbeat. -Greg
From: Carbon on 29 Jan 2010 07:07
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:59:04 -0800, dene wrote: > "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message > news:alangbaker-6455D6.22344128012010(a)news.shawcable.com... >> In article <4b627a80$0$30041$882e0bbb(a)news.ThunderNews.com>, >> assimilate(a)borg.org wrote: >>> On 28-Jan-2010, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: >>> >>>> However, with this 12% sales tax along with your other taxes, cost >>>> of housing, how can you say it's cheaper to live there? >>> >>> http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/01/26/consumer-home- >>> affordability.html >>> >>> it isn't >> >> Yes, Bill: one of the most beautiful cities in the world with limited >> land because of its setting between the mountains and the sea has >> high prices for housing... >> >> ...because demand is high. > > It's not a city like Vancouver or Victoria but the nicest Canadian > town I've been to is Sydney, B.C. on Vancouver Island. I'd summer > there in a heartbeat. Due to high demand, prices are high pretty much anywhere on Vancouver Island. Always have been. |