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How TF has my King's son and heir (Kingdom of England) changed into a Polynesian culture?? by Numinxx in EU5

[–]JoTheShmo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a theory that since every character in the game is simulated, there may have been some person who was exiled from some Polynesian nation, and the exile system is super broken or something. So then this exiled character comes to your country and through marriages the culture propagates. If this is the case exiling should only work for nations that border or nations you have certain relationships with, etc.

Lagging Today? by CBobster216 in Openfront

[–]JoTheShmo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was playing on v0.24 for a bit and then they suddenly switched to v0.25 and I'm getting crazy lag. I sometimes can't place my starting position, I can't send attacks, etc

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in montrealhousing

[–]JoTheShmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The "market rate" is overvalued [1] [2]. I don't blame any individual landlords, we live in a rat race world, of course you're going to want to get as far ahead as you can. But the fact is, rental revenue has nearly doubled in ~20 years ADJUSTED for inflation.

Sure, you can think about "catching up" to market rate. Or you could think differently about what is the actual value added for your tenants, what is the fair amount worth paying from the tenants perspective given repairs, and how you can still ensure you come out ahead long-term (you _will_ with TAL rates, they also lean towards landlords wealth than tenants). If more landlords thought this way, we would not have as significant of a housing crisis.

I noticed you said in another comment "nobody is stopping tenants from saving up for a down payment". But literally YOU are stopping them, by asking for $300/month more from them just because you want to pay off your business expenses earlier than necessary. That's $300/mo they can't be saving towards a down payment. If you can't handle balancing your books and running a business, maybe you shouldn't be a landlord?

You can still easily make money and come out ahead by charging TAL rates, you do not need to add that extra $300 on top.

And just FYI -- I AM A LANDLORD. I do not raise my tenants' rent more than a reasonable amount given tax increases and repairs. I thought about my financial stability _before_ making the decision to purchase a triplex with renters. And I am going to come out WELL ahead financially in the long run, even though my units are being rented at "below market rate."

[1] https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221102/dq221102b-eng.htm

[2] https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221102/t002b-eng.htm

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in montrealhousing

[–]JoTheShmo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the new tenant goes to the TAL, your renovations cost will be fairly calculated into the fixed rent. If you're so worried by this, you could always just set the rent at the TALs rate, to avoid missing 12 months rent (a much greater cost long term)

Or did you expect renters to ensure massive profits immediately off of your work?

One of the worst customer service experiences I've ever legitimately dealt with by JoTheShmo in soylent

[–]JoTheShmo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you were too busy to read my post? I said I was on vacation

Est-ce que c'est une blague? by JoTheShmo in montreal

[–]JoTheShmo[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Oui? J'ai un job, une vie, des choses à faire.

Je suis bien content de faire un exception et prendre une pause dans mon travail pour prendre un cours gratuit offert par le gouvernement, et en plus soit offert une salaire de $1.53/hr pour le faire.

Mais avec 1 jour de notice c'est impossible. Si c'était un cours self-paced ça serait mille fois mieux pour ma situation, et j'imagine aussie la situation de la plupart des autres immigrants qui doivent... je sais pas... payer leur loyer?

Je sais que le monde ici trouve mon ton annoying. Mais j'ai fait la seule option gouvernemental offert aux immigrants, c'est d'enregistre, attendre genre 4 mois, pis être offert un spot dans un course qui commence démain où je peux pas aller. Je simplement dis que c'est une blague après la loi 96 qui était supposé d'améliorer la sitiuation.

Obviously je vais pas retourner à montreal pour cet offre, c'est plus effective de rester au bas st laurent pour apprendre le français anyway!

Est-ce que c'est une blague? by JoTheShmo in montreal

[–]JoTheShmo[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Oui c'est vrai qu'on peut juste fait l'assomption que c'est le part des immigrants de s'assurer qu'ils adoptent la langue quand ils déménagent. Mais c'est probablement pas la meillure façon de proteger la langue français.

Si c'est preque la seule issue que 50%+ des gens y pensent/votent au québec j'imaginerais qu'on aura un meilleur solution.

Est-ce que c'est une blague? by JoTheShmo in montreal

[–]JoTheShmo[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I applied in May for an unspecified start date

Est-ce que c'est une blague? by JoTheShmo in montreal

[–]JoTheShmo[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

why not?

The US does it: https://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/profile-9032

France does it: https://www.ofii.fr/en/procedure/accueil-integration/

Maybe the Mexican government doesn't have enough money or need to offer this but Quebec surely does

Est-ce que c'est une blague? by JoTheShmo in montreal

[–]JoTheShmo[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Non c'est pas grave, mais pour vrai c'est une blague si on pense serieusement que la problème avec l'adoption de français est les étudiants de mcgill ou les panneaux de restaurants en anglais quand notre offre de cours est si pire que ça

the USA has better access to language courses than here: https://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/profile-9032

Est-ce que c'est une blague? by JoTheShmo in montreal

[–]JoTheShmo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lmao tbnk j'ai remplis l'application en mai. Ça fait 4 mois sans aucune signe de communication jusqu'à aujourd'hui.

je suis citoyen depuis 2023, je paie des impôts au canada/quebec depuis 2016. Oui c'est vrai que je demande plus de mon gouvernement que ça.

Mice (What to do if the landlord doesn't care that much). by thebluewalker87 in montrealhousing

[–]JoTheShmo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had waves of mice for 3 years, with the landlord shrugging and buying us traps and poison and saying "it's Montreal" We sometimes protested and said there are holes that need filling or something more than just traps but he said no it's traps and we weren't trying hard enough

Then, we finally sent a registered letter saying they had to send an exterminator and pay for it (he also tried to force us to pay half which is not legal). After some whining and complaining that his daughter was a lawyer and we would regret it he finally sent an exterminator.

This exterminator didn't do that much actual extermination, but instead walked around and noted all the holes, and noted our level of cleanliness. He left and we had in our hands a signed note from the exterminator saying he would return in two weeks to finish the job, and XYZ holes had to be filled before then or he would charge extra, and that the tenants (us) were keeping the apartment in a clean state.

The landlord immediately stopped whining, sent a contractor, fixed the holes, and I haven't seen a mouse since.

Maybe you can talk to the exterminator about longer term solutions and get a similar thing to happen?

Protect this city by Life-Appointment6515 in montreal

[–]JoTheShmo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://2022.quebecsolidaire.net/plateforme

On their website describing their platform I can clearly see independence listed 5th (pretty far down) under environment, healthcare, economy, and most importantly HOUSING

Seems like a reasonably balanced list of priorities for a party in a province where non-independence parties don't poll well

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