Garth Wood wrote:
>
> At 03:06 PM 11/12/2001 -0800, Mark Lloyd wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >It's never how much money you make it's where you live. My uncle's family
> >lives in
> >relative luxury (Big house, two nice cars, high speed
> >internet access, basically a good American lifestyle)
> >on 40,000 a year in Cheyenne WY. My parents make a
> >good deal more than that, but we live at about the
> >same level. Strange world we live in.
>
> Same here. Edmonton, Canada's one of the best-kept secrets in North
> America for good lifestyle and low cost of living, with the only major
> drawback being (shudder!) *winter*. Yet, in Vancouver, it costs you twenty
> bucks to cross the street, and forget about living anywhere accessible,
> unless you inherited the house in Kitsilano from your parents or relatives.
>
> Garth
Garth ............ some benefits come with these higher prices! Our
immediate neighbour still has some outdoor roses in bloom. Come next
month but one we can expect to be enjoying some early cherry blossom or
at least we did this year. All of which makes for increased Olympus
camera use!!
jh in greater Vancouver, BC
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