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Originally Posted by Tapioca
Historically, your average schmuck making $15 an hour used to be able to afford a bungalow in East Van. I'm sure many Revsceners and millennials (including myself) grew up in such homes. So when you've been told all your life that all you needed to do was to work hard, save, and get an education in order to have the same life or perhaps move to the West Side, it's not hard to empathize with the shitty situation facing many people.
It's a perfect storm here. It makes me wonder why anyone stays to be honest, unless you're fortunate enough to be gifted property.
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I can relate. I'm grateful for growing up with the bare essentials.. food on the table and a roof over my head. Didn't have much else my parents were always house poor. My parents being immigrants and having pretty below average english skills had to work some pretty jobs.
My parents always told me to work and study hard and to do better than they did.
They used to take me on drives just west of cambie to look at houses of all the doctor's, lawyers, accountants and working professionals and told me I can buy one if I studied hard enough. I made that my childhood dream.
Fast forward 20 years to today and it's a whole different ball game. It is what it is. That dream has long since disappeared.
I've now moved buying a house into the low priority list and just going to focus on saving and investing, building passive income and try to retire hopefully in my mid to late 40s. . That's now my dream.