Fuck this country

Townhomes on my street in the suburbs of Ottawa (suburb of a boring city) have gone from under $300k in mid-2017 to over $500k now. They were even less in 2012, something like $220k.I work a good career job but can’t afford a house. I’ve been intelligently saving and investing in low-risk index funds, avoiding excess spending, and driving absolute shit cars for years because I wanted to be smart with my money. Now I’m priced out of the city where I was born and raised.If I had bought 4 years ago I would be living an entirely different life.If I could go back 4 years ago, I would put 5% down on the biggest house I could afford, then get an 84 month lease on a BMW or $80,000 pickup truck and just spent a ton of money going out every weekend, and I’d end up financially ahead of where I am now.Fuck this country.I’m planning on updating my career skills and getting the fuck out of this shitshow.See ya, Canada. via /r/canadahousing https://ift.tt/3De3sy1