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Subject: YA whining troll (was: OT: Vancouver BC - who can afford to move
 THERE?)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 13:41:54 -0500
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On 1/7/25 10:33 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 12/21/2024 4:10 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-12-21 12:51, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> A few years back Alan Baker claimed that his tiny 500 square foot 
>>> Vancouver condo was valued about the same as my 3000+ square foot 4 
>>> bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage Carmel Indiana home. He stated the 
>>> difference was Vancouver is such an attractive place to live that 
>>> people will pay much higher prices for housing.
>>>
>>> I claimed that the cause was a Vancouver housing shortage. That was, 
>>> and is even more now, a valid claim. Watch this recent video:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD5ejnj2miw
>>>
>>> Recent Redfin estimates for similar condos in Alan's neighborhood are 
>>> valued at about $1,000/sq ft, making Alan's humble abode's value 
>>> about $500,000. Assuming that's in $Canadian, about $US350,000. My 
>>> home based on recent comparables is valued at about $US490,000 on 
>>> Redfin, or about $US200/sq ft.
>>>
>>> Of course the 2 properties are quite different. A 2618 W 15th Avenue 
>>> 2600 sq ft, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, single family house at in Alan's 
>>> neighborhood shows a Redfin value of $C3,000,000 or about 
>>> $US2,100,000. Fixer-uppers in different neighborhoods can be found 
>>> for less.
>>>
>>> If Vancouver incomes were higher than Carmel that would help at least 
>>> make higher home values affordable. Median Vancouver household income 
>>> is about $C82,000 or $US57,400.
>>>
>>> https://globalnews.ca/news/10401449/vancouver-full-blown-crisis- 
>>> housing- affordability-report/
>>>
>>> https://www.point2homes.com/CA/Demographics/BC/Vancouver- 
>>> Demographics.html#:~:text=Median%20household%20income%20%2482%2C000%20,tax%20household%20income%20%2472%2C000
>>>
>>> For Carmel? $US130,000. Housing here is a heck of a lot more 
>>> affordable than Vancouver BC.
>>>
>>> https://www.city-data.com/income/income-Carmel-Indiana.html
>>>
>>> Bottom line? No wonder 67 year old not-retired Alan Baker
>>> still lives in the tiny, very expensive, condo he moved into in Fall 
>>> 1994, 30 years ago. Very unlikely he can afford much of an upgrade.
>>>
>>
>> Are you still whining, Liarboy?
>>
>> And I'm not 67.
> 
> Still think I'm just whining, Liarboy?

Well, by having to step backwards into an older part of the thread, you 
certainly do give the impression that the answer is ... yes.


-hh