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Found on vice.com. Interesting article on the sex trade & cam shows as a way to afford overpriced Vancouver. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/what-its-like-to-use-sex-work-to-afford-living-in-vancouver
Damn! beat me to it 
A nice glimpse into the various sex trades to live/survive in unaffordable Vancouver.
A nice glimpse into the various sex trades to live/survive in unaffordable Vancouver.The one sentence in that article that I would strongly disagree with is this one
quote If men want to make absurd amounts of money in a short time they can go into construction,"
I suspect she got that Idea from men who where working in the construction industry. Who like a lot of men do to impress a woman and get into her pant's lied about their income and her never having worked in the construction industry believed it
Unless you are a contractor or have some sort of skilled trade Like being an electrician for example. You are not going to make a lot of money in construction . My experience in this is from several years ago and maybe things are different now and they may also be different in Vancouver than they are in Winnipeg . But I remember as a young man I worked a lot of construction sights. As a temporary laborer and all we got was minimum wage If we where able to get back from the construction sight in time to hand in our time ticket . As with any manual labor based work. your income is limited by the amount of physical labor that your body can produce .
The people who Tend to make a lot of money in construction are skilled trades people who work tax free . and the contractors who are essentially high priced sales men who know how to charge a lot to get cheap labor to do the dirty work You can always tell who the contractor is on a construction sight is the really fat guy with the big mouth who yells at everybody and he has this horrible incurable illness called I want think donald trump and you have a good idea .
quote If men want to make absurd amounts of money in a short time they can go into construction,"
I suspect she got that Idea from men who where working in the construction industry. Who like a lot of men do to impress a woman and get into her pant's lied about their income and her never having worked in the construction industry believed it
Unless you are a contractor or have some sort of skilled trade Like being an electrician for example. You are not going to make a lot of money in construction . My experience in this is from several years ago and maybe things are different now and they may also be different in Vancouver than they are in Winnipeg . But I remember as a young man I worked a lot of construction sights. As a temporary laborer and all we got was minimum wage If we where able to get back from the construction sight in time to hand in our time ticket . As with any manual labor based work. your income is limited by the amount of physical labor that your body can produce .
The people who Tend to make a lot of money in construction are skilled trades people who work tax free . and the contractors who are essentially high priced sales men who know how to charge a lot to get cheap labor to do the dirty work You can always tell who the contractor is on a construction sight is the really fat guy with the big mouth who yells at everybody and he has this horrible incurable illness called I want think donald trump and you have a good idea .
This was a quote from an interview with an escort. It's an opinion, not necessarily a fact (and it is not).
Earlier in the article, there is another dubious claim:
Looked way too high even if taking City of Vancouver only. I checked their source, and sure, they have lots of AirBnB listings mixed in their data.
The other option is to move somewhere more affordable to live.
Many would likely find they are happier and more relaxed to if they got out of Vancouver.
As I drive around to many places in BC I see several with a labor shortage.
Reasonable priced housing, less noise and traffic, less drug use and homelessness.
People are calmer and more relaxed.
No need to stress over where to park their cars if they have one.
No constant noise of all the crowds of people and traffic and sirens all day.
Rental costs are often half and more places available to choose from.
More outdoor activities to partake of.
It's really a win situation, yet they won't leave to better their own lives.
Instead they stay and struggle to survive and are miserable doing it.
It baffles me as to why actually.
Many would likely find they are happier and more relaxed to if they got out of Vancouver.
As I drive around to many places in BC I see several with a labor shortage.
Reasonable priced housing, less noise and traffic, less drug use and homelessness.
People are calmer and more relaxed.
No need to stress over where to park their cars if they have one.
No constant noise of all the crowds of people and traffic and sirens all day.
Rental costs are often half and more places available to choose from.
More outdoor activities to partake of.
It's really a win situation, yet they won't leave to better their own lives.
Instead they stay and struggle to survive and are miserable doing it.
It baffles me as to why actually.
It's easier to whine and feel sorry for themselves than do something about their situation.
resercher is right, construction is fucking hard. That girl is an idiot. And I see girls doing construction so she is dead wrong on that too.
I moved to Winnipeg. Modest 1200 sq ft bungalow, large double garage, nice treed lot, quiet neighbours, nice neighbourhood.
Paid off mortgage twenty years ago.
Tons of disposable income and no debts.
There is life outside Vancouver. And it's better.
It is logical. They gravitate to where the weather is most hospitable and the men have the most money. Bay Street, Wall Street, Howe Street.
sounds nice mmm...probably has to do with social media nowadays too, people want to have the best of everything so they can brag about it on social media and instagram...just my theory I thought up of right now
Caramel I think people need to reassess how they measure their quality of life.
Some work their ass off and are up to their eyeballs in debt, just so they can have a few fancy baubles. I used to be like that.
I can retire anytime, debt free. I can buy pretty much anything I want, but avoid buying stupid crap to impress others. No stress, and can spoil my favourite ladies. It's all about allocating your resources.
Some work their ass off and are up to their eyeballs in debt, just so they can have a few fancy baubles. I used to be like that.
I can retire anytime, debt free. I can buy pretty much anything I want, but avoid buying stupid crap to impress others. No stress, and can spoil my favourite ladies. It's all about allocating your resources.
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I'd argue in this day and age the real money is found in cities like San Francisco or wherever there is a heavy presence of technology development complete with loads of single males that need to get laid.
It might seem that way but that's more to do with your age than what's really happening. People have always shown off what they've got in life just now they can do it on a website from the comfort of their own smart phone.
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Fair enough but when you bought your house 40 years ago the price ratio to income was likely much smaller. I bought my first condo for $75 grand when I was a second year apprentice in a trade. The cost of the house was 3 times my income. Today that same condo is well over $500K and a 2nd year apprentice isn't making $160K a year. In nearly ever urban area home prices/rent have increased much more rapidly than salaries. Look at the Toronto area. You've got people commuting 90 minutes just so they can afford a house. The places that have cheap real estate usually have depressed economies and jobs are difficult to find.
As for Winnipeg, I did a quick search and prices have risen 100% over the past 10 years. That's much faster than incomes have risen. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/house-prices-winnipeg-peg-1.3713717
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Agreed. I think Vancouver and Montreal are the top 2 Canadian cities on the world stage.
Ha, guess you've never lived in any other city outside of Canada. Vancouver is nothing special. Montreal is tolerable in the summer only, and failing infrastructure all around.
Neither city is even in the top 10 on the world stage.
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Actually I have, but I'll address your concern. I said "Vancouver and Montreal are the top 2 Canadian cities on the world stage". I did not say they were the TOP cities, I said they were the top 2 Canadiancities. They could be at number 200 on the world stage but as far as this country goes this is what we have. You also didn't quantify how you measured "world class". Is it based on infrastructure? Is it based on culture & arts? Is it based on economics?
