Movie popcorn is wayyy too much money

[E30SPDFRK]

If you really don't need anything close to civilization, there are so many cheap rural places in the US outside of snowbelt places

[Panici]

If you really don't need anything close to civilization, there are so many cheap rural places in the US outside of snowbelt places

I guess my only other wish would be twisty roads.

[Simple_Smith]

Inflation is pretty wild here in Canada.
Can't get a McDonalds meal for one person for under $20. Literally double the price compared to 10 years ago.

I have given up on the idea of solo home ownership. Houses in not-so-desirable areas that were 250k 5 years ago are 650k+ today.

My plan is eventually to find somewhere in the USA with cheap land, and set up a trailer while I build a garage.
Preferably somewhere with no road salt and plenty of twisty roads.
Likely won't be until I retire though.

Yeah with a fair amount of Canadian friends I've heard a lot about how bad your housing market is. Appalachia is where its at. You have to find a good community though, some are incredibly welcoming and hospitable, others have been hit hard with the opioid crisis and the poverty is bad due to very little opportunity making them a bit rough. TN/NC/Northern GA are all really great for twisties and generally being left alone. Asheville area is great but traffic is brutal (think Toronto scaled down a bit) due to a large influx of people without enough time to build up the infrastructure.

[Panici]

Yeah with a fair amount of Canadian friends I've heard a lot about how bad your housing market is. Appalachia is where its at. You have to find a good community though, some are incredibly welcoming and hospitable, others have been hit hard with the opioid crisis and the poverty is bad due to very little opportunity making them a bit rough. TN/NC/Northern GA are all really great for twisties and generally being left alone. Asheville area is great but traffic is brutal (think Toronto scaled down a bit) due to a large influx of people without enough time to build up the infrastructure.

My long-term plan right now is to buy a motorhome and enclosed trailer for the motorcycle, and tour some of the potential areas in the USA.
I could do this before I retire and get a feel of what areas would be good to live.

Maybe I will have a Motorhome restoration thread on here in the future!

[Simple_Smith]

Build a motovan now! Why wait? The wife and I like going to RV shows just to check out what companies are making nowadays, layouts, etc. and I always come to the conclusion "we could stay in X amount of hotels for the price of this thing"

That being said I do enjoy owning things and getting to tinker with them and make it my own.

Old motorhomes and Airstreams are so cool when restored.

[Panici]

Build a motovan now! Why wait? The wife and I like going to RV shows just to check out what companies are making nowadays, layouts, etc. and I always come to the conclusion "we could stay in X amount of hotels for the price of this thing"

That being said I do enjoy owning things and getting to tinker with them and make it my own.

Old motorhomes and Airstreams are so cool when restored.

Have to clear up some space (both physical and mental) for another project.
Considering selling my Miata with a blown up engine (will keep the turbo parts for future use). Might also sell the M3 depending on what the markets are doing.

[Northern]

Re: Canadian real estate, prices seem to be coming down.
I think this is only the beginning of the curve. Not saying there's going to be a "crash" but there's a massive amount of housing (mostly condos and apartments) that's only beginning to come online. Over the past year I've started to see a lot of houses sitting on the market for a long time, selling for under, or asking price dropping significantly.
Like a tear-down two streets over:
Sold 2024, asking 350, sold 410 after 9 days.
Listed July 2025 asking 470, dropped down to 415 by end of year and now it's cancelled because they don't want to be upside down on it.

I investigated the idea of a commercial/industrial shop to go splits with some friends but it was impossible to find anything under $16 psf/y. And at that price, there were extras or major issues with the space. I think it just doesn't make sense for what I'd use it for.