A coworker was on vacation in BC and Alberta last week. He knows that I enjoy reading out-of-town newspapers, and brought back a copy of The Globe and Mail. (It's a good looking newspaper. They even use a glossy paper for the front section.)
Inside was a 44-page insert, New Homes. Some observations:
Inside was a 44-page insert, New Homes. Some observations:
- I thought Canada was on the metric system. Why are homes sizes listed in square footage?
- I was hoping that Canadian houses would be distinct from American houses. Nope. All the houses being thrown up around Calgary are the same cookie-cutter crap shacks that sprang up in US suburbs until 5 years ago. Snout houses, postage stamp-sized lots, pretentious subdivision names.
- Black/white and all shades in between are popular interior colors now.
- 1900-square-foot cookie-cutters on tiny plots with almost no useable lawns miles outside of town in the middle of the prairie "starting at the mid-400's." Is there a land shortage or something? Because when I look on Google Maps it seems that Calgary is surrounded by a sea of emptiness.
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I thought Albertans were smarter than this. They went through the same oil patch crash Houston went through 25 years ago. Yet here they are, bubblin' up to California circa 2005 levels. This ain't gonna end well.
3 comments:
yeah, but they still have jobs...
400k seems right for a house. After all, they aren't having to spend any money on healthcare.
Ahem.
At least not any more money once they get what's left of their paychecks after taxes. (That said, Alberta is one of the better provinces for that.)
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