London is becoming unaffordable...

[ostuni]

gurnemanz, I'm intrigued by your free off-peak parking close to Waterloo. It's some time since I drove into the centre (coming from Stroud, not that much further from the M4 than WB, I tend to park near Northfields, & tube in), so any tips are most welcome!

[pmartel]

That said about London, I would believe it ESPECIALLY with the Olympics coming.

Living in Toronto, Ontario Canada is not cheap either. The average house price is around $300,000 and condos are going up EVERYWHERE and some going for OVER $1M dollars CAD. This is absurd.

Transit in this city is $3 each way for cash fare and my transit pass monthly runs around $111.

Property taxes are skyrocketing and for what we get for our services is another story.

All the building going is causing OLD infrastructure to suffer greatly.

The average price for a coffee here is around $2.

I live in a 246 sq ft condo and by the time I pay my mortgage, taxes and maintenance fees, I have very little left.

THANK GOD my entertainment needs are minimal. As long as I have my music collection and internet I'm happy.

Being an avid photographer helps too.

So, there's a brief run down on Canada's second most expensive city, Vancouver B.C being the first

[handsomefortune]

hello pmartel! - some going for OVER $1M dollars CAD.

what is 'CAD'?

causing OLD infrastructure to suffer greatly.

i particularly loathe this aspect, as even if we do return to less crazy times, in terms of over inflated prices, what's gone is gone, heritage-wise.....

more than likely, the olympics 2012 will come and go, and prices will rise for the occasion and ....stay there. (but hope not).

maybe brian paddick will be voted 'lord mayor of londres', and sort some affordable transport.accom.entertainment prices out, amongst his 'duties'. (fingers crossed)

[Serial_Apologist]

Cash on delivery?

[Frances_iom]

hello pmartel! - some going for OVER $1M dollars CAD.

what is 'CAD'?

the previous pink-coloured looneys ?
my front room is larger than 280sq ft - and I get a view of hills, sea + a castle (+ 10th century tower) thrown in gratis

[pmartel]

hello pmartel! - some going for OVER $1M dollars CAD.

what is 'CAD'?

causing OLD infrastructure to suffer greatly.

i particularly loathe this aspect, as even if we do return to less crazy times, in terms of over inflated prices, what's gone is gone, heritage-wise.....

more than likely, the olympics 2012 will come and go, and prices will rise for the occasion and ....stay there. (but hope not).

maybe brian paddick will be voted 'lord mayor of londres', and sort some affordable transport.accom.entertainment prices out, amongst his 'duties'. (fingers crossed)

CAD, Canadian dollar currency.

AND if what you say is true about demolishing history for the Olympics, how sad.

The same is happening here, but for UGLY condos. We've lost so much history.

Oh yes and I should also add that Toronto is hosting the Pan Am games in 2015, I feel the pain of Londoners

[Serial_Apologist]

All the building going is causing OLD infrastructure to suffer greatly.

Pointing out the Georgian terraces lining the streets off Covent Garden and Mayfair, my Toronto friends told me, "There's nothing much in Toronto buillt before about 1890".

My grandfather, an antiquarian, who lived in Suffolk, and loved nothing better than taking us around the county's Mediaeval churches, once accompanied my father on a business trip to Rome. Meeting up in the evening, my father enquired, "Well, Father, what do you think of Rome?" "Oh", replied my Granddad, "it's all much too old for me!"

[pmartel]

Pointing out the Georgian terraces lining the streets off Covent Garden and Mayfair, my Toronto friends told me, "There's nothing much in Toronto buillt before about 1890".

My grandfather, an antiquarian, who lived in Suffolk, and loved nothing better than taking us around county's the Mediaeval churches, once accompanied my father on a business trip to Rome. Meeting up in the evening, my father enquired, "Well, Father, what do you think of Rome?" "Oh", replied my Granddad, "it's all much too old for me!"

Hmmm, if one looks around this city of our there are some structures which date before then.

Old Fort York is 200 years old and quite humbling being surrounded by condos, and then there is the St. Lawrence Market district which is around the same period, and have been restored, but most are being destroyed.

My neighbourhood, The Beach just had the 1906 firehall restored

[pmartel]

Pointing out the Georgian terraces lining the streets off Covent Garden and Mayfair, my Toronto friends told me, "There's nothing much in Toronto buillt before about 1890".

My grandfather, an antiquarian, who lived in Suffolk, and loved nothing better than taking us around the county's Mediaeval churches, once accompanied my father on a business trip to Rome. Meeting up in the evening, my father enquired, "Well, Father, what do you think of Rome?" "Oh", replied my Granddad, "it's all much too old for me!"

Thought you might enjoy this;

http://www.fortyork.ca/

[Serial_Apologist]

Thought you might enjoy this;

http://www.fortyork.ca/

Thanks for this, pmartel.