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I see where you were going with that.

Yes it's common for people to rent from landlords here.

To buy an apartment like this one would cost anywhere from $350 000 to $1million depending on how fancy the apartment is. Then I would have to come up with a down payment of at least 25% ($87 500.) I would then have to prove to the bank that I can afford the mortgage, interest, insurance, utilities (my water and gas heat are free here, which is another reason I want to stay. I only pay about $90/ month for electricity.) Then there would be condo fees of anywhere from $600 to $1000/ month, depending on whether or not there are amenities like a pool, fitness room, concierge, etc. Parking is not always included in the cost of a condo purchase, either. I know one lady whose parking spot in the underground cost her more than her car would cost to buy brand new.

Just no way. Only wealthy people own condos over here.

I made $15/hour before I lost my job. EI pays about 2/3 of that and COVID benefits are $2000/month.

I can barely afford this place.

My apartment is 100 000 square meters and costed me 124 000 dollars.

I remember how kids in my country that want to be woke look up to the west. Now none of them do. And I am glad I live here.

What you describe sucks

lolwut? 

100 000 square m is like 10 acres.

Your apartment is the size of a shopping mall?

Xena said: 

lolwut? 

100 000 square m is like 10 acres.

Your apartment is the size of a shopping mall?

That would be cool, but I meant 100 square meters lol.

That's still a big place.

32 ft x 32 ft.

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms? Or an oversize studio loft type of dealie?

Xena said: 

That's still a big place.

32 ft x 32 ft.

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms? Or an oversize studio loft type of dealie?

2 bedrooms
1 kitchen
1 laundry room
1 toilet room
1 bathroom
1 big living room, that was split into 2 rooms, but I removed the wall
3 balconies

So probably your second guess, kinda.

Xena said: 

And how do you make more than minimum wage if you have a different job every 6 months?

Especially at 35-40 years old.

 

Beore COVID, I'd worked the same job for nearly 7 years.

My sister has been working the same job for nearly 20 years.

 xena why do you always assume everyone else is poor? also, you misunderstood, i'm saying ive never worked at a job for longer than 6 months without getting promoted

back to the cat thing, how exactly is the landlord supposed to find out you have a cat? by showing up unannounced? if they come for an inspection, you just hide everything no?

Not everybody.

I assume you're not doing better than middle income bc of your lack of critical thinking skills and the way you weave yarns about other ppl. It's like you're reading from a boring internet Reality Show bingo card. Very meme-y and unimaginative.

Now MissC  :)  There's a smart troll. She obviously didn't come from trashy ppl.

And yeah I'm trashy. But I've never triedta pretend I'm any less trashy than the other trashy ppl I chat with.

Canadian law states that landlords have to do fire inspections at least once each year. My landlord does them twice every year. This is also an old building that needs frequent repairs. So at least twice each year they're in the hallways or doing stuff outside. There's somebody in the boiler room at least once each month during the winter. Then there are the times stuff goes wrong in my apartment.

So at least 5 times every year, the landlord and/or contractors enter my apartment. And at least 8 times each year somebody is near enough to my apartment to hear meowing.

Also, my neighbours are busybodies. Idk any of them well enough to say for sure that they would rat me off. Because they're busybodies  and I try to avoid people like that.

So no. I'm not taking the chance.

Why do you care, anyway?

sounds like u live in a shitty building then, and maybe you have some resentment at the idea that i live better than you

but yea i don't have strange ppl wandering around either inside or outside my place, that would be gross and i'd feel like i had no privacy

lol no dumb dumb.

We're equally trashy, but you're not quite as intelligent lol

And I said 3 times that my building is average.

You don't own property and you don't live in some upscale place.

Average lower middle class is our SES.

And you hate that bc you've been tryinta tell me I'm homeless for 8 years, now lol

If I were homeless all this time I would have been dead by now.

Strange gross ppl wandering around inside and outside? 

lol they're contractors. Furnace techs. Plumbers. Carpenters.

They're here to keep my building together. Duh

Does your magical thinking make you believe that good buildings don't require maintenance?

Even a brand new building requires checkups 4-6 times every year.