Comments on: And you thought 2010 was going to bring a housing crunch? Wait for global climate change

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:03:17 +0000

You’re quite right Kevin. Combine this with rising gas prices we could be in for wholesale changes in how we live and work. At some point either business will move from the city centres or housing will have to become more affordable.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:03:00 +0000

By: Kevin Baggs

Kevin Baggs — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:10:03 +0000

I think this only the tip of the iceberg
I was born and raised in Vancouver. My family moved to Toronto during high school. Late last year I took my new family back to Vancouver for 6 months. The biggest shock was the housing prices. They are 2X the prices in the Toronto area. Parents are building suites in their homes so their kids will have a place to live. The evidence of this in starting to show up in the infrastructure. They can’t find police, teachers, fire or ambulance personnel. Schools are closing down as young families can’t afford to live there. People are moving west to Chilliwack and Abbotsford, but there isn’t the roads, bridges or transit to support the commute. I heard stories of people leaving their home at 5:00am to make it to work on time.

So when you combine 2010, the current economic crisis and now the climate change…it provides a wide number of variables to the Vancouver area.

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By: Kevin Baggs

Kevin Baggs — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:10:00 +0000

So when you combine 2010, the current economic crisis and now the climate change…it provides a wide number of variables to the Vancouver area.

Kevin Baggs´s last blog post..Is ASUS the Next Apple?