Vancouver Real Estate Anecdote Archive

“I’ve met several people in their thirties with full time jobs who live in apartments with roomates, because they can’t even afford a one bedroom apartment. I made close to $100K last year and I’m renting a one bedroom.”

Tom at greaterfool.ca 31 Jul 2010 11:07 pm“I’ve met several people in their thirties with full time jobs who live in apartments with roomates, because they can’t even afford a one bedroom apartment. When houses cost a million a pop, who is going to pour the coffee and schlep the beer? People who live with roomates in a basement in Surrey? I made close to $100K last year and I’m renting a one bedroom, because a two bedroom in a decent neighborhood costs well over 400K, plus you have monthly maintenance fees of $250-350, plus taxes.”