Jen, we had a "no grabbing the duck" rule which the ladies immediately broke. The ducks are covered for self-preservation. LOL!
What is the best area in Montreal to get an apartment to live the "Chester Brown lifestyle'"?
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Yes, strong legs and also the ability to withstand the cold. You can see the snow on the ground.
Speaking of Montreal balconies. Anybody seen the play "Balconville"?
Balconville - Wikipedia
You don't see these houses in Toronto. Outdoor balcony with an outdoor spiral staircase.
Women are so demanding nowadays. I'll try to find some nice "uncovered duck" pics just for you. LOL!
Yes. It used to be quite crappy area but it's now a great location in my humble opinion. Actually the Parc Jarry is in Villeray not Park Extension. Park Extension start at the western delimitation of the park. Parc Jarry is quite close to Little Italy, Marché Jean-Talon and is now a great Montreal location.
I went to college in the early 90's. At that time I was living on the Plateau, close to Prince-Arthur (which leads to McGill university). I was poor so for me going out was more Peel Pub or Stanley Pub where pitcher of beer were 6$ and you had 2$ meals
Good lord the memories... My best one of those days was leaving Peel pub with the girl that had won the wet t-shirt contest haha It made me a legend for the 2-3 few friend I had at the time Good lord thinking about it it was so easy in those days... There was no metoo... If you behaved and respect girls saying no you ended fucking a lot haha Ho by the way Angus Shop area sucks
I also come from a family of modest means (i.e. we had no money). We were so poor my mom took in boarders.
In my first year at McGill I met a student from a rich Singapore family. He was like a fish out of water. He spoke poor English, had no friends, was very shy (especially around females) and didn't know the city. So, I befriended him. He had a 2 bedroom apartment near campus and even his own car. So, I moved into what was his den.
Anyway, his family in Singapore made sure he was never short of money so he and I would enjoy spending his money in Montreal.
...............and Celine Dion owns the old Hebrew Delicatessen now.
The CP Angus shops have been closed since the 90s. In the early 90s Honda Canada used it for a new car storage yards before the cars were shipped to dealers. They started to build town houses and 8 unit condos in the mid 90s that filled up the eastern half. The western half of the Angus shops was left empty till about five years ago. The city was planning to put an inner city industrial park there to create jobs for the east side of the city, but no companies came. Now the are building condos at hyper speed there. There are still some of the old train repair buildings that have a Loblaw, a tavern and an SAQ outlet = to LCBO.
Darts,
Have you been to the Sextupple? I believe they just killed that off about five years ago.
Holy crap. Sextupple too!!! Yes, I confess I have been. A bit out of the way farther north from downtown.
There was this dancer with a huge snake. Someone threw an ice cube at the snake and it tighten around the dancer. The manager jumped on stage with a knife and saved the dancer. Crazy times but not as crazy as 42nd street in NYC.
There was a touring "feature" dancer who visited Montreal regularly named Robin Wood (if my memory is correct). It was fairly well known that she came from an affluent family. I asked her why nude dancing. She said she loved dancing naked and have men give her money.
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I can hardly wait to see the fine print of the new annual 1% tax on the value of "non-resident, non--Canadian owned residential real estate." Will a dwelling be deemed "underused" if it is a second house used by a foreigner regularly for long weekends? Not only is this a bad idea but the uncertainty may contribute to more price instability.
Some Americans might think putting punishing new taxes on Canadians' homes in the sunbelt might be an appropriate tit for tat response. But arbitrary tarriffs only decrease standards of living for all of us. One bad idea does not deserve another bad idea. The small amount of revenue generated by sales to foreigners in Canada will not fund much in the way of Canadian housing expansion because buyers will go elsewhere. A Toronto pied-a-terre legitimately used on weekends by a single owner should be punished as speculation?
Condo rents are already falling inToronto. I think rents will especially fall in Toronto in $US dollar terms over the next two years as the $CDN falls from too much perhaps needed but unproductive spending for consumption and not investment. People should be careful what they wish for. Higher interest rates and lower rents may finally topple this big tree that has been growing to the sky.
If I do look for a "playboy pad" it might be a rental with options to renew. Let somebody else experience negative cash flows and prices that may be topping out. I may even just cut down on my visits, stay in hotels in Canada, and take a closer look at US resort destinations. I have been a good, respectful, and generous visitor in Toronto. But if Americans are not wanted here there are other places to invest and spend visitor dollars.
I can understand frictions with overseas corporate absentee investors but individual Americans and Canadians have owned weekend homes on both sides of the border for decades. Trump's antagonism toward Canadians was voted out. But maybe we will not get back to normal after COVID.
Some Americans might think putting punishing new taxes on Canadians' homes in the sunbelt might be an appropriate tit for tat response. But arbitrary tarriffs only decrease standards of living for all of us. One bad idea does not deserve another bad idea. The small amount of revenue generated by sales to foreigners in Canada will not fund much in the way of Canadian housing expansion because buyers will go elsewhere. A Toronto pied-a-terre legitimately used on weekends by a single owner should be punished as speculation?
Condo rents are already falling inToronto. I think rents will especially fall in Toronto in $US dollar terms over the next two years as the $CDN falls from too much perhaps needed but unproductive spending for consumption and not investment. People should be careful what they wish for. Higher interest rates and lower rents may finally topple this big tree that has been growing to the sky.
If I do look for a "playboy pad" it might be a rental with options to renew. Let somebody else experience negative cash flows and prices that may be topping out. I may even just cut down on my visits, stay in hotels in Canada, and take a closer look at US resort destinations. I have been a good, respectful, and generous visitor in Toronto. But if Americans are not wanted here there are other places to invest and spend visitor dollars.
I can understand frictions with overseas corporate absentee investors but individual Americans and Canadians have owned weekend homes on both sides of the border for decades. Trump's antagonism toward Canadians was voted out. But maybe we will not get back to normal after COVID.
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When I first moved to Toronto I bought a small condo on Dundonald where I could enjoy some private time (and private pleasure). Other than that, it was empty.
