A warning about moving to the Sunshine Coast, BC

[@jacobhall3233]

Thanks for the update. Still hunkered down on Vancouver Island. Even here it’s gone crazy with RE/Ferries. Glad you’re still doing well along the craziness. Always appreciate your videos!

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Thanks. Nice to have things in common!

[@5D-Marquis]

As a developer, it is onerous! The city makes it very difficult and puts unreasonable conditions. 5 years to develop a parcel is due to inefficiency in the city, lack of communication between departments.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Just for clarity, which city are you talking about here? Although it probably applies to many.

[@explorerryan]

Nailed it!!

[@mal584]

Watching your video while having my breakfast & didn’t read the intro properly. I live on the Sunshine Coast on the east coast of Australia & many of your observations about property prices on the coast apply here. It wasn’t until you mentioned the quieter times & off season for restaurants that the penny dropped. The ‘Sunny Coast’ down under is regarded as sub tropical. Ha ha 😂

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Nice to hear from you mate!

[@SVOceanBird]

The PNW Sunshine Coast is a coastal temperate rainforest.

[@wynnepruden3851]

I moved to the Sunshine Coast, 1989, living there for 11 years. Talks about expansion of the highway/ferry has always been a sore spot. It always felt like the ferry was tool to control the quality of people wanting to move to the Sunshine Coast.

[@thebigpicture2032]

Keeps the rabble out

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

The ferries definitely act like a bottleneck.

[@SVOceanBird]

Ferry locked town 🔒 👍

[@deborahdoyle3004]

WOW - thank you for finding the price of Homes & renting ...I guess I will have to stay where I am, here on the East coast. Thanks for your kindness to let me know about these facts.

[@TeineUaine]

While speaking of moving, it should be mentioned that vacancies in Self-Storage facilities are very difficult to find and there are long waiting lists for those units that even have one. If you can't find the level of housing you need right away and need to take a smaller temporary solution with less square footage, take this into consideration and don't assume storage availability.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Good point. But I think we just had a new storage facility open up on the Coast either in Sechelt or Madeira Park so that might have eased up on our waiting lists.

[@debeaupreerickarl1307]

This sucks I live in Powell River Sunshine Coast I've been here 40 years😢😢

[@jasonmok4110]

Thank you both for your insight. Excited to move to BC next year from Toronto! ❤

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

You'll love it! Everyday, we look around and think how luck we are to live here. Don't let this video put you off - we have lots of other videos where we talk about all the good things!

[@Gypseygirls]

BC. Is done ! Ontario too.

[@ClownTown15000]

Don't. Leave the country instead.

[@feralsage5696]

@@Gypseygirls Canada is done, too.

[@franklinnorth7708]

Great advice Val and Paul.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Thank you.

[@kleerogers]

no thanks Ferries are a deal killer, lack of medical care, and isolation, not for me, cost of living has gone up everywhere, no different in Penticton BC either, no matter where you go prices are insane, our townhouse went up from $500,000 3 years ago to $850,000 now

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

The affordability of housing is a big concern across Canada and around the world.

[@edwardmacnab354]

so you made money ?

[@kleerogers]

⁠ if I sell yes, then I make money, but I’m not selling, and if I did sell my place, I would just have to buy another place that would be just as expensive so I wouldn’t be ahead at all

[@edwardmacnab354]

@@kleerogers depends on where you buy . Manitoba and Saskatchewan have great prices . Lots of foreign properties are cheap if you steer around the hucksters . Some countries the properties are free but you must fix them up . There are lots of good prices in the States . Mostly certain areas in Canada are all screwed up pricewise.

[@edwardmacnab354]

@@LiveontheSunshineCoast that's a fallacy--there's plenty of good prices around the world , even in Canada

[@thirdeye2007]

I have lived on the Sunshine Coast for over 30 years and am a home OWNER. I must respectfully ask people to not move here. The real infrastructure here cannot support the population as it has grown at a rate that things like our water supply and road and highway limitations.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

We love it when new people come to the Sunshine Coast but we want them to make the move with their eyes wide open.

[@KozyKubGam3r]

Towns are going to populate no matter where you are. It's inevitable. I've seen small communities adapt over some years quite nicely but here it seems they have major financial issues. I have no idea on how to make a town thrive and benefit all but whoever runs the show here clearly has thier head up thier ass. Imo anyways

[@edwardmacnab354]

gotta love locals

[@armandbourque2468]

@@thirdeye2007 same on the island.

[@armandbourque2468]

@@KozyKubGam3r an area with no real economic base, sold as a holiday paradise? Weird how that works, huh? A bit of fishing, a bit of logging, not much, because we've basically logged and fished it out, and seasonal tourism. What else is there except real estate speculation? Swapping each other's bathwater around, selling it as champagne. Service jobs for the well off, no mfg, and local booster clubs.

[@blackopal3138]

Why don't they have boats dedicated to foot passengers? They should get consulting from Hong Kong Ferries. That place is insane, and the boats run smooth all the time.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Boat companies have tried foot passenger only service from Gibsons. It's just not quit enough regular passenger business to run that boat business.

[@8urface]

Go Interior BC. Honestly. Prince George, Kamloops, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Going to the interior may works for some and that's good. There are definetly trade-offs between the coast and the interior.

[@franciswhite419]

@@LiveontheSunshineCoast Yes. Black flies, bitter cold and wildfire smoke.

[@sblsbl7600]

I was born in BC but have mostly lived in Ontario. I can't afford to retire in BC. I hope to retire to SW Ont, near London Ontario. Milder winters near London than Ottawa. Prices there are better than BC.

[@user-ub8zg5kfake]

FYI: London is in the snowbelt , lake effect

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Retiring in BC isn't for everyone. Good to know there are other options in Canada.

[@zeroceiling]

I was going to say..I lived in London as a kid and we used to jump from our friend’s third floor apartment balcony…down into the snow bank, less than 10 feet below. There is more snow in London than any other place I know in Canada…

[@ClownTown15000]

This entire conversation would have also been accurate had you replaced "Sunshine Coast" with anywhere else on the lower mainland. Too much demand for housing. Too few doctors. Too few workers. On the sunshine coast you are trading cost (cheaper) for convenience (geographic isolation). But Canada is Canada. Broken governance. Insane values.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Sadly, the location could be replaced with a bunch of other places from all over the world. I disagree about Canada being broken. It's going through a rough patch but it'll sort itself out.

[@AT-os6nb]

perhaps, but "leftie" ruled Canada is one of the worst in the world...why do you think so many immigrants are turning around and leaving after they come thinking they'll make a better life here?..

[@wandererstraining]

@@LiveontheSunshineCoast I doubt it, unfortunately. Trudeau admitted this week that if we want people to have a retirement, the price of housing cannot go down any lower. We're getting screwed by corporations who raise prices because they can, and that's fixable with better regulation (IF there's a political will for it), but the entire world is going keep incurring bigger and bigger economical losses from things like climate change, wars, etc. As the temperature rises, the world becomes less stable, and trade between countries suffers. Production chains will keep having issues that cause shortages, making it more difficult to get a lot of things done and increasing prices furthermore. Where I'm from, Montreal, the infrastructure is falling into disrepair because the city and the provincial government hasn't been maintaining it well enough since something like the 60s. I remember reading an article a few years ago saying that the city might catch up with all the construction that's going on by 2050... IF they triple the budget. It's not gonna happen, and it's kinda like that in a lot of places, including outside of Canada. The places that remain more livable are going to see prices soar to new heights as the rich of those places that become less livable more to them. Those who cannot afford to stay will move to less developed areas, some of them a lot less livable and most of them with lesser economic opportunities. A lot more people will probably become homeless, too. Honestly, I don't know how the government could deal with all that.

[@Hoser584]

2 hour commute at the wrong time to get to Vancouver over Iron Workers bridge.

[@danwins2241]

Don't forget the business's on the coast have a Sunshine Coast tax, aka gouging every one. Try going somewhere on the ferry in the summer without a reservation, you have to have that reservation 3 months in advance or forget it. Most people that I know that have left the coast have moved because they're sick of being held hostage by the ferries.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Sailings every hour would solve a lot of problems. The one thing I learned about reservations, is if they're full, keep checking every few days because closer to the sailing people with reservations may have canceled or BC Ferries may have released more reservation spots.

[@michael2275]

Left + time = hellscape with nice weather

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Constant rain is nice weather?

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

I don't need to shovel my driveway when it rains. 😉

[@thebigpicture2032]

I used to want a bridge or better ferry service but now I’m happy that it’s hard and expensive to get to the Sunshine Coast. We don’t really need any more population here.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

The region will continue to grow in the future. Instead of pulling up the drawbridge, the Sunshine Coast needs to do a better job of keeping up with our infrastructure demands.

[@secretagent86]

Lots of folks on Vancouver Island HATE people moving here. I am in comox valley and while prices are no where near vancouver, but still nuts

[@jxyxmad]

Great update!!

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Thank you.

[@mikemotorbike4283]

Corporate professionals retire here. Their social life is in the big city. They enjoy the view from their deck and play in Vancouver. The transient population is a novelty. There is a life here, but its real vein pulses subculturally and never changes. The pioneering local families quietly set the rules behind the scenes. The Coast's soul is the still and timeless mist-drenched Haida Gwaii. Introspection is her gift. For young men heeding the call to "Head West", the road ends here. There is a new life, for those who can take it. It is found in the mist between the land and the sky.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Lots of retired lawyers and academics and engineers on the Sunshine Coast.

[@johndafoe600]

As a longtime resident of The Sunshine Coast, myself and others are feeling that the Sunshine Coast is being commodified, oversubscribed and under serviced. The swarming of Sunshine Coast by new residents is dominating services and the environment. For much more than 1/2 century many Sunshine Coast residents have lived and campaigned for integrated social and environmental wellbeing and abundance. Invading industries, the pressures of mobility and some preconceptions of the place are turning the culture of Sunshine Coast over. I implore people coming here to find out how the Coast works, decomodify settlement and all of us to integrate with new and radical environmental realities.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

The Sunshine Coast has its own vibe. People that are expecting Kelowna-by-the-Sea will be disappointed.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Where did you think jobs cane from?

[@SteveMenardDesignDXM]

Is there a market for condo rentals? We'll be downsizing and are only looking for 2 bedrooms.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Hi Steve, there are some condos for rent. I can hook you up with a property manager to help you find a place. I can also email you sights where rentals get listed. Feel free to email me at [e-mail]

[@SteveMenardDesignDXM]

@@LiveontheSunshineCoast Thank you Val. Perhaps for now some sites where rentals are listed would be helpful. Our move isn't imminent, so there's no need yet to hook up with a property manager. Also, I'm still in the 'convince-my-wife-that-BC-is-better-than-Toronto' phase! (LOL). I'll email you so you can reply to it.

[@chertaylor3602]

The sunshine coast was part of my family for many many years Dating back to 1905 when my gg grandfather first moved there. Sadly its not what it used to be.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

I would assume that Sunshine Coast 2024 is an improvement over Sunshine Coast 1905.

[@chertaylor3602]

@@LiveontheSunshineCoast no it isn't a improvement ! It completely destroyed it. It's absolutely disgusting and completely heartbreaking what has happened to the sunshine coast.

[@TT-fq7pl]

@@chertaylor3602 I completely agree. But I think this fellow is from Alberta.

[@ramalama9030]

Imagine voting for “socialist” Governments over and over again, and then complaining about taxes? Cognitive dissonance anyone?

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

We like socialist governments and we like paying taxes.

[@alsteeves2044]

​@@LiveontheSunshineCoast 🎤 💧

[@glenw-xm5zf]

YEP. We are insane. Socialism suxxx R.I.P. W.A.C. Bennet

[@shizuokaBLUES]

We haven’t had socialism in Canada since the 1970’s and even then it wasn’t close to true definitions of socialism. If you’re talking about social Democracy then yes we have universal healthcare in Canada and well funded public education and little private education (religious based schools being the most common type). This is not socialism.

[@glenw-xm5zf]

@@shizuokaBLUES BC is so socialist, it is hilarious. Canada is 80% socialist. The smart folks live in Alberta

[@vanveen8472]

I grew up on the dismal coast, your welcome to it

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Not dismal to me! 😀

[@EdwardHomerVIC]

First off admire anybody that contributes to social media. Most of what you covered could be anywhere in BC excepte for the ferries. I live in the Comox Valley, Gabriola before that. Watched all this happen in Nanaimo and recently Comox Valley. Cheers!

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Thanks for sharing your comment.

[@brokenadventures]

B,C, stands for BRING MORE CASH and i lived on the coast of p,r for my hole live and it is fun if ya got money or but that is just my opinion nice place to live if ya want to pay to leave or come back

[@fluffytail6355]

Punctuation is your friend. Try it sometime.

[@reejan8109]

You might find you're not as well informed about living in an RV as you think you are. I have many friends who have been doing just this for over a decade. I did it for 4 years and it was great. I lacked nothing in my 5th wheel - it had 2 bedrooms, a washer/dryer, dishwasher, 3 tv's, built-in sound system, forced air ducted furnace, double pane windows, 2 air conditioners, built in vacuum cleaner. If municipalities would get on with allowing tiny homes, you'd find there are many many people who would jump on it - and not simply because of the smaller price tag. If you talk to the RV sales team at Haley, you'll find out that 99% of the RV's they sell are being bought by people intending to live full time in them (this figure was correct one year ago, when I talked to them!)

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

I hear ya. I think it's great set-up for a single person or even a couple. But if a couple wants to start having a few kids, it might feel cramped raising a family in an RV.

[@Oldwiseguy-59]

What - Toronto, Oakville, Barrie is no different so …

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

I don't live in those places so I can't comment on that.

[@rishi505]

Living small place is better than Vancouver

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

I agree! Vancouver is soooo busy. I do go in once in a while but can't wait to be done and happy to head back home to the Coast.

[@epicsdrummer2010]

The rain is a pain on the Sunshine Coast

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

🌦️ We talk about the rain at the 6:19 minute market in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKq6fImpftZnaZIsi=WI5esJQBaPmeNBDn

[@joannehofmann5700]

And so are all the snakes. Nobody talks about how many garter snakes there are all over the whole of Vancouver Island. Just creepy.

[@thebigpicture2032]

@@joannehofmann5700 Sunshine Coast is part of the mainland. I did grow up on Vancouver Island and as a kid, the snakes were everywhere. Some made good pets but the water snakes would snap at you.

[@nancyneyedly4587]

Rain doesn't bother some people. Get a good raincoat and get on with life, do whatever you want to do just dress appropriately.

[@stuartkerr5872]

Your government allowed certain people with bags of dirty cash into the country, priced out because of your wants for poorly made imports

[@lioneldemun6033]

Isn't the Okanagan valley sunnier and cheaper ?

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

We looked at the the interior and found it to be hotter in the summer and grayer more socked-in, in the winter than the Lower Sunshine Coast.

[@EvelinHolmes]

⁠@@LiveontheSunshineCoastit’s getting a Dr. If your young does thinks ore not a priority but as you age it’s defiantly a mayor problem.If you have children it even worse. My son took a job transfer and it was a bad move . Housing tripled , food was way more and It took him 18 month to find a Dr. 21/2 hours away . That’s the Vancouver Island . Of course Covid came and the job went south so he had to return back to Calgary. The family loved it out there the housing was just an impossible task. Unless you have million dollars to start out with go for it.

[@howardkettner]

Not. Period. I could write 10,000 convuncing words but I’ll spare you. One word. “Not”

[@Bufford2024]

Okanagan is expensive, crazy smoke season, much harsher recent winters at 30 below which has destroyed 80 per cent of the marginal wine industry. So a solid no there also.

[@douglasthompson9482]

Knowing several friends who live there, I enjoy visiting there but would never live there. Really, nothing to do in the arts, music,sports,etc. A fun place to go if you can handle two ferries to get there from Vancouver island. Nice people though Also the BC Ferries are horrific everywhere in BC….the Port Angeles ferry is much better.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Well I guess it's good we don't all want to live at the same place. It's nice when we each find a desirable community that works for us. And sometimes it works for a time and then change is needed.

[@joshfriesen1981]

Powell River. It's not such a beautiful sunshine coast anymore. Homelessness, rampant drug use, out of control economy, more and more taxes, no more quality of life.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Those are big issues that a lot of places are struggling with all over the world. I'm optimistic that we'll eventually get it figured out.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Sounds like Campbell River, talk about taxing the shit out of every homeowner

[@CarmenCastrucci]

This is what happens when the government lets in over one million immigrants a year WITHOUT securing housing for them. Immigrants get government help with housing, citizens get kicked to the curb by landlords.

[@janiceho6034]

But Sunshine Coast is warm and beautiful. Edmonton and other part in Alberta is cheap but quality of life is not good , cheap but very cold , no outside activities in winter at all . Expensive city is always a reason .

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

I agree! But I do have some friends who really like the winter in AB for skiing.

[@janiceho6034]

@@LiveontheSunshineCoast Of course, but we can ski in Whistler as well. Edmonton is too cold in prolong winter for me.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

@@janiceho6034 It is pretty amazing that we can go up and find snow at Grouse, Cypress, Seymour or Whistler for our winter fun but then come back down to mild sea level weather for the majority of our existence!

[@Gypseygirls]

And sunshine all winter..here in Alberta

[@hoboonwheels9289]

The sunshine in Alberta makes it feel warmer in winter than the damp cold you just can't dress for.

[@Anasta43]

So glad I didn’t move to BC when the opportunity arose.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

The weather in southern BC is worth it.

[@KozyKubGam3r]

It's so beautiful and peaceful is the attraction oc. Despite the cons I see the population growing. No conveniences here that's forsure. I have no problem not making friends here lol! I'm an introvert and I really don't trust people. I keep my circle small. Too much gossip here goes with small communities. But I'll stay out of it. Good place to heal, and adventure outdoors. It takes awhile to get used to but it can be worth it. There is a lot of well off here and that comes with an entitled attitude you get anywhere really. I find them humorous 😂

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Lots of truth in this comment.

[@lorettaleger2825]

Man, you shouldn’t get me started on BC ferries. Yuck. It is so so broken

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

A ferry every hour would fix things!

[@enatp6448]

Not the friendliest community... You can definitely find your group and make friends, but walking about the community, it does not have a friendly vibe.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Sorry this has been your experience.

[@PastelP-b4u]

noticed this, I wonder if it's a combo Van ppl w a "get off my lawn" attitude cash out to buy a house on the sunshine coast and wanting to be left alone, or you meet renters. The renters under crushing stress, worried about losing their home. I can forgive people for being cold/rushed/aloof. :( The place my OH first rented when he got work out there was disgusting too, old rotted strata w pill bugs and silverfish. anything worth living in was on airbnb for STR. when we looked. it was literally the only unit for long term rent that hadn't been taken.

[@cavelleardiel]

I have found the opposite. I live here part time and I have experienced more friendliness and generosity than in the city of Surrey where my condo is.

[@joesutherland225]

Good riddance ​@@riggermortisfpv526

[@MrBlairskie]

This is absolutely true on Vancouver Island. They resent that you're an outsider.

[@polarlab113]

I bought my home in Elphinstone 1988 for $92,000.00.Now appraised at $1.2 million.I f I want to move I can’t replace it.groceries are 20 percent more than in the city.the ferries suck.the traffic sucks.the traffic enforcement sucks.The roads are inadequate.Iniust got a letter from my doctor saying I don’t have a doctor anymore.He’s moving just like I’d like to do but can’t afford to.The water crisis sucks.every year our water tax goes up and they keep rationing the water.In one case the increase was 43%.And I can’t water my vegetables in the summer.trying to grow food that I can’t afford at the stores.My family has ties to the coast from the 1920’s where they worked and built a community that used to be a nice place to live.the short term rentals have ruined our beach with smoke and fire and garbage at all hours of the day and night.Newbies come here to live because they like the milk and honey or do they think.then they find out there is no Home Depot or Walmart and whine like spoiled children.They hate the highway they want a bridge they don’t like the float planes at Sechelt it goes on and on.if you leave the city to find your utopia you’re looking in the wrong place.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Lots of change in that time. I suppose that can be true for a lot of places. I do think at least you're lucky to have a nest egg in the property. Not that you care to hear this but the younger generation doesn't have a chance to get into home ownership without financial help. If they're lucky enough to get that backing. For most Gen Z and some Millennials, I don't know how they'll reach a place of financial stability/security with the cost of living where it's at now.

[@indigojazi421]

Ferries are not really that bad imo...I have been commuting 1-2x/wk for the last 2.5 yrs and use the "experience card" for 90% of my trips. I tried prebooking some of my trips but it became more restricting for my schedule. 620am off the Coast is a sure bet. Often come back mid week or Weekends 530pm or 705/750pm ferry and only a small handfull of times was it problematic. So all in all its not that bad.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Good to hear your experience with BC Ferries has been fine.

[@robprepp]

Come live here box of Kraft dinner is only 2.50 😂😂

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Food is expensive. I lost track of comparing prices to other places.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Cheaper than here

[@KozyKubGam3r]

There's only 3 options for groceries, but food is expensive everywhere now.

[@nobuddy2012]

You might as well be on an island. You are held hostage by the whims of the ferry schedule. You have been warned.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Yes to being subject to the ferry but it is a shorter sailing than going to the Island and this route rarely get sailings canceled in bigger weather.

[@layeredintelligenceforming6672]

by moving to b.c i might actually die on the streets like so many here, just because everything is for the rich only

[@joesutherland225]

Try on the north end its probably worse .

[@SVOceanBird]

Houses on the hill in Lund are going for 1.5 million…

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

The North Sunshine Coast is hopping in demand too, that's for sure.

[@sragga]

it sucks for sure. the people that work to keep the lights on, water flowing, internet working, put out the fires, and work in health care, and education make a good wage, but are priced out of housing, so leave residents underserved. more and more are single people now, and we are priced out if everything housing wise

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

I hear ya.

[@8urface]

Until they put a highway through to the “main land” (yes I know), it’ll just be an off shoot and a sleepy retirement community

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

To some extent the Sunshine Coast has become what the valley is to Vancouver. But the ferry does keep uniqueness, small town feel and community sense to the Coast.

[@WoodstockG54]

This is how I see it. Our greed will destroy our security in the future. Plus we have the big one on the horizon, plus we have climate change, and the societal breakdown that will ensue. Why is it no one thinks of what’s coming. I looked into buying on the Sunshine Coast in 2016 and most of what I saw wouldn’t survive a quake of 7 .

[@peterstecroix7984]

I was born in Victoria 1955 and up until 1980. They were not too many people on the island as a matter fact Vancouver right would snob at us Island people oh my God anyways you could drive around and see hardly anybody on the weekend, there wasn’t very much traffic and you could go anywhere in the island. You could find a place to go camping really easy you could go fishing almost anywhere without all the logging roads being blocked off and all the other sites being turned into RV parks now you can’t go anywhere without paying, I don’t even know where to go fly fishing anymore because everything is blocked off and that’s cause home prices go up. I bought my home in 2007 just before the mortgage 2700 square-foot for bedroom $319,000 and that was my first house wonderful and I worked hard, but people wanted to move to Ailun and more people and more people and more people and you know the rule of economics the higher the demand the higher the prices of everything will go. Everybody wants to live in British Columbia. Everybody wants to live on the island that home prices are going up and up and they will keep going up as long as more people move you know that’s the law of economics demand versus supply, so people are leaving now because it’s too expensive people that leave British Columbia the less demand for homes and property and the lower the prices will go and if this keeps going the next generation of young people maybe will be able to afford a home that’s how it works so I’m glad people are moving away I’m glad that maybe things will go back to normal there needs to be a balance and one thing human beings are really good at it’s screwing up balance of nature. We’re no different than the rest of creatures on this planet. We don’t know anything about balance so I’m glad prices are going up. I’ve got my home. I’m paying off my mortgage and I’m still working at 69 years old my God.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Thanks for the comment. I just think there will not be a 'normal' to go back to or a balance. Even if some people leave Southern BC, just as many will keep coming. It's the area with the mildest climate in Canada. Affordability will never make sense in Coastal/Southern BC.

[@Lauren-wi4ub]

learn about punctuation. this was impossible tp trad

[@be5952]

@@Lauren-wi4ub Oh, the irony.

[@TT-fq7pl]

Development will destroy the very thing that makes the place special. As the poet says, wealth is nothing but absence of people.

[@layeredintelligenceforming6672]

100sof ppl enter the street life because of this every year, soon i will homeless because of rent, hard to work when u got no digs

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

I'm rooting for you to keep rent and work happening so you can stay in a home.

[@gladyouasked5666]

Suggestion: Val & Paul... Move.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

We are having this conversation out loud about our experience so other people, who may consider moving to the Sunshine Coast, can be aware of what to consider. We love where we live and aren't considering moving anytime soon! 😊

[@jlm3124]

Sunshine coast??? Rain, rain, rain!😂

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

The Sunshine Coasts gets 231 days of sunshine each year (compared to 333 in Calgary) BUT we also get 330+ frost-free days each year.

[@SVOceanBird]

The seasons in Powell River …Mud season for six months🌧 Then it’s Bear season for six months 🐻 😆👍

[@jmcvideodrones]

Sorry, You get government you deserve.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

People vote for the best government option at the time and sometimes governments, once in power, don't follow through with their platform!

[@KYurk]

Don’t move here unless you have 2 million in liquid assets and a source of income, you won’t find it here. Not available.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

That would definitely make life easier!

[@formula1fancolorado632]

The ferry system can be solved very easily. Pony up the money to buy a private ferry service for residents.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Maybe. But this summer with the increased traffic we are getting hourly service and it's wonderful! We just need that to continue into the fall!

[@FWCaptain-kv6sm]

not worth being a landlord

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

BC is tough to be a landlord in. Ontario too. Other provinces like Alberta have the rights of landlords and tenants more even making it quicker to deal with issues.

[@angelheart1129]

Kill me now 😂

[@alistairclark6814]

Best way to keep a place secret is to never talk about it and don't make videos about it.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Adding a comment helps this video. Thank you. Why keep it secret?

[@glenw-xm5zf]

The ferries could bump the rate 40% and still not be turning much of a profit. CRITICISM of this clip: You don't tell us where you are. I believe you were in Gibson., but you don't mention Powell River or Sechelt. Nor do you show any pics. You can do much better. Hey I hear in Port McNeill you can rent for as low as 1200 a month. lOL this is sad. Taxes and too fat a government are a factor, but God is not making any more land... and... U know the rest

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Well I suppose we can mention where we are again in this video but this video is part of our channel where we have an about video at the top and we've posted lots of videos of who we are and where we live and our experience here. You're welcome to catch up on past videos you've missed.

[@SD-cz8og]

They need much more homeless shelters on the sunshine coast.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

And federal/provincial/municipal support to avoid homelessness.

[@seanreid349]

Dont, we dont want you

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Despite the negatives in our video, life on the Sunshine Coast is very good. The majority of residents will welcome you! ❤️

[@TimDerksen-eh5nj]

Negative Nancy's

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

I don't think you watched the video. The purpose is for informing those that care to know. This gives possible newcomers a 'heads-up' in helping them make an informed decisions or to encourage them to dig deeper for more answers on issues that may concern them. 😀

[@kilok9599]

The fuel cartel here is really greedy!!

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

Seems that way. Wonder if that's all needed to cover the expense of bringing it over here.

[@c.a.greene8395]

BC stands for BRING CASH....or BEFORE CHILDREN... IF prices are too high for you there, you might want to stay away from the GULF ISLANDS... Most of the gulf islands in bc are very secluded, takes an entire day travel ( ferry schedule is sparse and dr appointment off island in Victoria bc, or even sydney, is a 12-18 hr day... The grocery stores on the gulf islands are a joke, they are SO EXPENSIVE...be orepared to travel off island to do your groceries...clothes, suppiles, building supplies etc must be purchased off island unless you are filthy rich... During covid a single wide trailer, on 1/25 of an acre, sold sight unseen, for $997,000 A FKING derelict TRAILER!!! Not even livable!!! Never mind the cost of a starter home....most sell WAY ABOVE ASKING PRICE...no one wanted this trailer before covid, it was being sold for $445,000 and it sold for DOUBLE the price! The home i live in sold for $243,000 in 94, it had three residence on the property, a duplex, and a separate house, today my property is worth over 2.5 million...and that was the price quoted me in 2009....i imagine it would be worth far more today in 2024. Bc ferries isnt owned by BRITISH COLUMBIA...IT IS JUST A NAME...it used to be owned by he province years ago, but today it is owned by shareholders.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

"The B.C. Ferry Authority (“BCFA”) holds the single voting common share in BC Ferries. The Province of British Columbia owns 75,477 non-voting 8% cumulative preferred shares of BC Ferries (each with a par value of $1,000), but has no voting interest in either the BCFA or BC Ferries" "The Province provides annual funding to BC Ferries through a contract that defines routes and service levels."

[@heila348]

I've flown over the sunshine coast a few times looking for water supplies for the various communities.... sorry.. .there aren't any lakes up there in the hills. Water will be an issue.

[@LiveontheSunshineCoast]

There is aquifer water. Just more wells have to be added to the system.

[@heila348]

@@LiveontheSunshineCoast if only it was that easy....

[@garethcanada]

Yes there are. Wtf are you talking about?