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By: Population Growth: Vancouver BC vs. Raleigh, Las Vegas, Austin, Phoenix & more. | Vancouver Condo Info

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:34:50 +0000

[...] live in Vancouver right? Well apparently not so many of them are achieving that dream. Crabman posted these numbers in a comment last week putting our population growth in perspective when compared to a few other [...]

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By: tim

tim — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:38:48 +0000

Ah. well, that's much more reasonable. Should've RTFL.

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By: Tiny Brained Timmy

Tiny Brained Timmy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:16:52 +0000

That is the change from 2001 to 2006. That is a 1.2% annual rate of growth.

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By: tim

tim — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:40:15 +0000

BTW, Vancouver, BC 6.5% 6.5% growth means that the population will double in 10 years. That's... pretty fast still. Is Vancouver properly architected to accommodate this growth?

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By: Bently

Bently — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:06:05 +0000

@crabman: Exactly, comparing Vancouver to La Jolla or Beverly Hills is just stupid. Why not Vancouver to Paris or London, New York. The fact is that Vancouver is none of those things. "Seattle is a far better comparision in terms of location, industry, pop, etc etc....." And, of course, there's the rain!

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By: Bently

Bently — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:02:15 +0000

"@32 patriotz. What prices are coming down now? are your groceries cheaper, cars, clothing etc.? Not so sure where you are seeing the deflation. " Well, my rent has gone down. Cars? Are you kidding me? Have you read the motoring section of the sun lately? Cars are way, way down in price! If car prices are an indicator of where we’re headed, gee wiz, fasten your seatbelt!

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By: other ted

other ted — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:27:53 +0000

Thanks for the response guys. At first I saw prices dropping. Cars especially used. Flights, etc. But it seems I am starting to see prices go up again. Groceries. Gas has gone up, down again. And who knows next week. I have heard of good deals on new cars in the US but the Canadian consumer is stubborn. We really have a complex where we like to pay more. I am hoping for deflation. Not too sure.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:56:51 +0000

56 NO - LYMPICS Says: October 1st, 2009 at 5:10 pm Also from Garth’s blog: ============================ NO - LYMPICS, thanks, but we can read Garth's blog if we want to.

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By: patriotzed

patriotzed — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:16:00 +0000

@other ted: My post #32 was about Japan. But I think cars really are getting cheaper here. Can't say much about the rest, you might want to check out that statcan link in my post #33 to see where they get their information from. My point was not to make a claim that consumer prices were going up or down, but to point out that CPI really does include basic necessities.

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By: read on

read on — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:07:05 +0000

60 - ted, my holidays were cheaper this year. my flights to europe were cheaper. if i were to buy a new car, it would be cheaper (but i am happy with my current one). many things are, or are becoming cheaper. not everything, no, but some things.

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