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"Ideal for seven students." $450 / month. Each. Waterloo, ON

Metro ratepayer associations work to protect the yellow belt. We were told when the town is employing you, you buy a house in town. You don’t rent. It means you live here. Not just visiting, not just passing through. You live here. We don't even have a sidewalk.

Cryin' all the way to the bank?

Whatever one's opinion, it looks like a lot of new towers are going up. October 17, 2023 https://storeys.com/toronto-crane-numbers-doubled/

17 April, 2024 Start Saving: $2M Homes Will Soon Be Toronto’s New Normal https://www.zoocasa.com/blog/multimillion-dollar-homes-toronto/ What $2M Can Buy in Toronto Right Now Toronto Neighbourhoods Over $2M Neighbourhoods where the average home price peaked past $2M since 2022 High...

Came across this about that. Apr 16 2024 Getting gas in the US? https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-gas-prices-us-border-rules-canada-duty-free

Shows what can be done with a 300 square foot condo. A young woman moved from Vancouver to Toronto and paid $465,000 for it back in 2021. https://torontolife.com/real-estate/elise-yu-300-square-foot-studio-tiny-living/

I don't think our slum lords are quite here, yet. Wonder how much that top bunk would fetch?

Flop house at Mavis and Derry. $600 month. Each. Not much privacy. At least it's a clean, above the floor mattress, and not four bunk beds.

Right. When an individual is employed by a town, and they buy a house, they may feel more "locked in" to the community they serve than perhaps a renter would. Town employees are not just visiting, or passing through. That may even increase an interest in the results of their work. Or, maybe...

Many Northerners travel to Toronto for specialized medical care. Be nice if they can update the rates paid by the Northern Ontario Health Travel Grant Program, which, apparently, have not been updated in 14 years. Hopefully, they will re-instate The Northerner sometime this decade...

From speaking to our neighbours, and attending our local ratepayer association meetings, it seems many retired "empty nesters", may be interested in down-sizing. The neighbourhood population is aging and dropping, as home values are rising. The advice from the Association is the best bet (...

A for-profit homeless encampment: https://www.innisfiltoday.ca/local-news/mpp-khanjins-staff-referred-people-to-landlords-private-encampment-8560255 In other cost of housing news, $13,500,000 in Toronto...

Be interesting to know the 9-1-1 call volume in Nova Scotia. Toronto alone handles 3,000 9-1-1 calls a day.