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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by ido on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @01:54AM (#12215896)
Isn't BC vast and mostly empty though? Last I looked purchase prices in Vancouver island (aside from Victoria maybe) were about the same as or lower than rural areas in Germany.
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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by bb101 on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @06:28AM (#12216966)
95% of BC is Crown Land though - either reserved by the government, covered by fresh water or designated agricultural-use only (ALR). Only 5% is available as private land.

A useful overview map: http://40.media.tumblr.com/2410fe72393357ea0b00f50272065562/...

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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by serge2k on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @03:09AM (#12216185)
So people should just go live in the woods?
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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by fleitz on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @03:21AM (#12216232)
What do you think Vancouver was before we poured bitumen all over it?

Also the idea that people in Yaletown/Gastown should go live in old factories and warehouses seems to have just fine.

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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by ido on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @03:25AM (#12216251)
Not what I meant, was just saying it seem to apply mostly to Vancouver (maybe Victoria, to a much lesser extent) and not BC as a whole.

But that's not how jokes work I guess!

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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by jonknee on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @03:42AM (#12216326)
But that's where almost all the people live. BC is a huge place and it's almost all uninhabited.
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Re:The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires by ido on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @05:42AM (#12216780)
Yes, that's what I said above about BC being "vast and mostly empty" (and also inexpensive).

And so FreedomToCreate's joke should still be about Vancouver, not BC.

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