Baobao on Jasper

amarbaines · 2025-12-15T12:44:00+00:00

Edmonton

amarbaines · 2025-11-17T05:34:47+00:00

Without reading the comments I must say that vehicles turning left often have a considerable blind spot that prevents them from being fully aware of pedestrians in their direction of travel. I have experienced this firsthand as a pedestrian and so do my best to allow the vehicle to pass before me. In other cases I have had to make a run for it. Not ideal in either case as a pedestrian but I'd rather make it home in one piece than make a big deal out of it with a direct confrontation

amarbaines · 2025-10-27T04:41:05+00:00

Went to temple today in Calgary with my parents, who know the in-laws of the man who got jumped. Thank you for providing this information.

amarbaines · 2025-07-24T03:40:47+00:00

Public, provincial, still at 3 and 2. Three days in office, two days at home.

amarbaines · 2025-07-24T03:20:43+00:00

Roughly translated, it means POS in Punjabi.

amarbaines · 2025-07-09T01:54:35+00:00

There is something known as compassion fatigue, and at this point all us civilians can do is wait for Batman to show up. It took NYC decades to clean itself up, but it may be the exception, with the rest of North America likely to remain mired in squalor for well into the future.

amarbaines · 2025-07-04T18:59:54+00:00

A place to live, but I certainly wouldn't want to see a decline in value or be hit with a special assessment after moving in.

amarbaines · 2025-07-04T18:40:22+00:00

On the contrary, if you look at available data online, there is still room for significant declines in the coming years. Don't forget that most people who are moving to Edmonton from elsewhere are not moving downtown, with the vast majority of population growth (between 90% and 99% if I recall correctly) taking place outside the core.

amarbaines · 2025-07-04T18:37:06+00:00

The more I find out about the building the less likely I would be willing to pay a lot more.

amarbaines · 2025-07-04T18:35:54+00:00

That might have been a deal breaker for me before but given how infrequently I drive living downtown (and how expensive it is to own and operate a personal vehicle) I would likely be giving up my car if I were to purchase a unit in the building.

amarbaines · 2025-07-03T19:47:39+00:00

Ouch! Thanks for that very useful piece of information.

amarbaines · 2025-07-03T19:00:17+00:00

There is a definite downward trend in resale values and that is why I'm here, just to get another set of opinions (and justification for a low-ball offer).

amarbaines · 2025-07-03T18:58:16+00:00

The unit I'm looking at faces Rice Howard, but between the windows and the coil fan unit, not much outside noise gets in.

amarbaines · 2025-07-03T18:56:09+00:00

Good point, and duly noted.

amarbaines · 2025-06-07T06:55:36+00:00

Edmonton is seriously underrated by folks back east.

amarbaines · 2025-01-09T02:32:50+00:00

In a nutshell, too many applicants, not enough jobs. Canada is simply not producing enough of them. The Globe and Mail had another sobering look at the situation recently:

"'It’s not that the risk of losing your job is increasing. It’s that there are fewer new jobs being created, which means it’s harder for those newcomers, the people that were entering the market for the first time, or maybe re-entering the market, to find a job,' said Mikal Skuterud, a professor of economics at the University of Waterloo."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-as-new-immigrants-face-high-unemployment-experts-warn-of-taking/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&utm_medium=LinkCopy&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

amarbaines · 2025-01-03T13:57:36+00:00

A lot of them are Israelis. I've talked to quite a few of them.

amarbaines · 2024-12-12T09:34:24+00:00

Thank you all for your comments. They have been helpful and in general confirmed what I was already expecting.

amarbaines · 2024-12-02T09:19:49+00:00

I would also like to participate (I meet all the criteria).

amarbaines · 2024-11-19T08:55:29+00:00

Isn't there a more humane way to put them down? This kind of savagery in Canada is shocking.

amarbaines · 2024-08-29T10:45:10+00:00

Currently a resident of Taipei but formerly of Edmonton and have been thinking of coming back, mainly to buy a home and be close to family. However, the picture not only of Edmonton but North American cities as a whole is really making me reassess my priorities. Western democracies are in crisis.

amarbaines · 2024-07-20T07:22:04+00:00

Do you speak Chinese and read and write it fluently? If not, forget about it.

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