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We recently moved from Vancouver to the Island; and made a similar calculus about locations at which to live. I have a friend who ended up with 160+ acres in th

We recently moved from Vancouver to the Island; and made a similar calculus about locations at which to live. I have a friend who ended up with 160+ acres in the interior, whereas I've settled on a quarter acre on the central island. There's a reason for this difference... What's I found _conspicuously_ absent from the author's considerations was anything at all regarding their children. Elementary schools, family doctors, even the local density of children near to their age. Houses in the woods are lovely for a family to visit for some of the year, and are lovely for reclusive adults; but they severely restrict the opportunities to fulfill the needs of children.

lazide 5y ago
Dual income no kids maybe?
- dleslie 5y ago
  They have two kids, it's shown in the article, and mentioned.
  - reducesuffering 5y ago
    In the article it's also mentioned that it's a second / ski home. They still have a duplex in the city.
prteja11 5y ago
How much did this quarter acre cost on central island if you don’t mind sharing? And is it a good location for schooling young kids (5/6 yr olds)?
- dleslie 5y ago
  No problem. Roughly 700k CAD. I'm half a block from a pump park and playground, a block from the elementary school, and two blocks from the ocean. Not city blocks, mind you. Each block is roughly large enough to hold 4 acres of land. For my young kids it's night and day; they are much happier than when they were living in Vancouver. We have a large house with enough rooms for everyone to have their own; more yard than we know what to do with; and the kids are safe to run around outside without being heavily monitored. Unlike where we left, where they shared a tiny bedroom, the parks had to be swept for broken glass and used needles, and we had no yard to speak of. There are gangs of roving kids all over the place, every evening and weekend; it's totally unlike living in the big city. The only downside is that family doctors are hard to come by; you basically can't access non-emergency health care without one, either, as there's only one drop in clinic for the entire region. But that's a province-wide crisis that the NDP government seems happy to ignore.

lazide 5y ago

Dual income no kids maybe?

dleslie 5y ago
They have two kids, it's shown in the article, and mentioned.
- reducesuffering 5y ago
  In the article it's also mentioned that it's a second / ski home. They still have a duplex in the city.

prteja11 5y ago

How much did this quarter acre cost on central island if you don’t mind sharing? And is it a good location for schooling young kids (5/6 yr olds)?

dleslie 5y ago
No problem. Roughly 700k CAD. I'm half a block from a pump park and playground, a block from the elementary school, and two blocks from the ocean. Not city blocks, mind you. Each block is roughly large enough to hold 4 acres of land. For my young kids it's night and day; they are much happier than when they were living in Vancouver. We have a large house with enough rooms for everyone to have their own; more yard than we know what to do with; and the kids are safe to run around outside without being heavily monitored. Unlike where we left, where they shared a tiny bedroom, the parks had to be swept for broken glass and used needles, and we had no yard to speak of. There are gangs of roving kids all over the place, every evening and weekend; it's totally unlike living in the big city. The only downside is that family doctors are hard to come by; you basically can't access non-emergency health care without one, either, as there's only one drop in clinic for the entire region. But that's a province-wide crisis that the NDP government seems happy to ignore.