where does the time etc.

[jazzfish]

Two weekends ago we went back out to Harrison Hot Springs for some time away. We took semilocal J-- and K-- with us this time, which worked out alright. We soaked in the hot pools and played games and wandered a bit and generally had a decent time. I'm not sure I'd go back out there again but I'm glad we went.

Last weekend a couple of friends were unexpectedly in town, so uilos arranged to meet up with them for buns and dim sum at New Town Bakery in Chinatown. Turned out last weekend was also the Chinese New Year parade, so we got to fight through some serious crowds, in the rain, to get to the food.

I'm very fond of Vancouver's Chinatown. The fact that there's not a lot of English makes me a little more comfortable, actually: means I don't have this background worry about whether I need to pay attention if someone is speaking to me, because they aren't. It's got a lot of character and some history, and it just feels *right*. I'm rather bitter that it seems to be the next target for overpriced condo developers.

Meanwhile we are continuing to not find an apartment, because we're super-picky and also the market is terrible. (Don't get me started about buying a place. How stupid is the real estate market in Vancouver? This stupid.) Something will come up eventually, I guess.

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[novel_machinist]

1800/mo is average depending on the district here, but that's why I ended up moving out of town. Sorta sucks cause I have to drive the wife to the bus/pick her up from the bus but it's really worth it. There are condos downtown that are like 2000 a month plus taxes and fees, no idea how big cause it's too rich for my blood, yanno?

You have my sympathies.

[jazzfish]

Yep. :7 I'm enough of a city boy that I'm willing to pay the extra to live closer in, at least for now... but that's mostly because if we're going to live *anywhere* in the Vancouver area we're both gonna have to be working at least part-time, so may as well live somewhere we want to be. I have no idea how people with kids manage.

And, re 'good job in academia', the pay's not so great (though it doesn't suck) but the environment is pleasant, the people are friendly, and there's a strong union so job security is a thing that exists. By 'good job' I mostly mean that last.