I need some helpful suggestions or ideas. I'm 30 years

ye come to van it's v nice

keep on doing what you can, keep saving money and try to branch out and meet new people,
maybe study for a driving test while youre at it. you can do this anon, make the most of whats left of your life

Don't fucking move to Van. It's mindbogglingly expensive right now, job market sucks, and there's zero chance you're going to get ahead by coming here.

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personally van city is very expensive, not so much living, but buying a house u at least need like 1 mil

Why Vancouver? I hear Toronto is nice.

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>>17280283
I was in a relationship some years back and we just talked bout vancity so much when we were together for those years. It was where she was from and it just kept sinking into my head and I guess I just want to be there. I've read about the city and just sort of dreamed of living near it.

I don't want to buy a house in van city. I'd just like to live outside it, someplace like Richmond, etc. I'm nowhere close to buying a house and probably won't be for many years to come.

So do some of you think I should forget about this stuff and try to find something else? I don't know why but I feel like I need this. It's all that's really left of the goals in life I had.

>>17280249
thanks anon. I've got the handbook memorized, but I don't have a friend willing to go out with me to a parking lot and drive around some.

>>17280423
Have you actually visited Vancouver, like, once? Why not visit it just for one time until you have a clear view of what the city looks like?

>>17280423
I think you're setting yourself up for disappointment, if you've been dreaming about this for so long. There's no way it'll match up with expectations.

Where are you now and where else have you visited?

I live in Vancouver, AMA.

btw, that 3K is about 1.5 months rent. Do not come to this city, it is extremely expensive and has one of the highest costs of living with lowest wages and very few jobs.

vancouver is ungodly expensive, but its also beautiful at the same time. I make 17-20/hr depending on the week and that's barely enough to keep my head above water and save a few hundred. my rent is only $500 which is dirt cheap too. move somewhere more affordable and that has a better job market. cause unless you have skills you wont find a job above fast food. I will mention though that all our casinos are hiring if you think you can cut it as a dealer.

>>17280473
I've never been to Canada..
I've lived in NYC, Tokyo, Orlando, Charlotte, Arlington VA... Those are places I've lived close to a year or more in atleast. Tokyo was in a school program for a year (was amazing). Most of my life was spent in North Carolina though, in the podunk towns about an hour or so outside of Charlotte. Right now I'm in Orlando living in one room with a druggie friend and hating every minute of it. I definitely need to leave before I catch his VD or something from the disgusting toilet.

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I will be visiting Vancouver this October if things go well. I haven't really spelled it all out about where I'll stay, etc..

What I do know is that I want to live outside of Vancouver. Inside is just unaccessible for me. Can I ask, what are rent/wages like in an area like Richmond? Or some other area an hour or two outside of Vancouver? Is it difficult to take public transportation into the city?

This thread is kinda depressing, not gonna lie, crushing my dreams. The other path I wanted to take in life involved going back to Japan and teaching English, but I don't have a university degree.

>>17280477
I have 3K now.. and I'm going to probably have another 3k to put ontop of it by the time I'm able to move, which will be start of next year.

>>17280423
I was born here, I live here, and I love it. I want to move, and I would strongly, strongly suggest not moving here.

I live in Langley right now, a solid 3 cities and river crossing away from Van, and shitty old houses are selling for 1mil+. You're never going to afford a house.

You're 30 and you have a tiny amount of savings, no career, and can't even drive. Pick somewhere livable.

>>17280660
1 bedrooms start at around 800 for a cheapo fucking place in a bad neighbourhood and skyrocket from there.

If you're going to live with roommates anywhere around Van, including Burnaby, Richmond, and the like, it'll be around 600/650.

Transit is very accessible, but expensive. Since you cannot afford to live right in Van, you'll need minimum a two zone pass if you're transiting everywhere, which is 125 a month.

Minimum wage is 10.45. Good luck.

not op but is Portland just as unlivable and expensive?

thanks for all the feedback.

I'm pretty dedicated in my decision to move and live in Vancouver, but I'm not at all thinking about buying a house or settling down. I just wanna go there and work and live awhile, maybe a year or two.

I'd really appreciate anyone with some realistic advice on what I should do whenever I go there next year. I know plenty of you want to just dial back my ambition and give up but I think I've really made up my mind, although those perspectives have definitely been rather sobering and I need that.

>>17280779
Good for you anon. /int/ may be able yo help you with more of the specifics of Vancouver

>>17280588
This. Casino fag here, what's more, I'm here to tell you that simply, if this lowly stupid - hands anon can deal craps, you can shit sling some goddamned blackjack. Do it, you won't regret it. Find a casino and apply.

>>17280787
Do they have any cruise ship casino's?

I hear they have alot of cruise ships around Vancouver, and the money isn't bad.

>>17280792
I can't confirm, I live in Pennsylvania. What I can confirm is that dealers make delicious bank from tips, even when the tip pool is shared.

>>17280779
Post another thread when you're here and i'll be happy to show you around. I'm kinda isolated and need new friends.

>>17280804
Is there anything special they consider in hiring for a casino? I've played alot of poker and blackjack as a teen, and my criminal record is clean if that matters at all.

>>17280813
Most casinos won't hire if you have theft or *any* violent crime on your record. Clean record is very good. The other exception is debt. They won't issue you a gaming license if you're in debt *and have not made arrangements of some sort.* other than that, it's simple stuff. There's a lot of routine besides the actual dealing, little hand motions when handling money or cheques (chips). If you have at least a tiny bit of hand dexterity and a not god-awful personality, you'd be considered.

>>17280813
As an example, I work at a casino in PA, pretty modest and homely in size in a fairly burnt-out rural area, except that almost everywhere within 100 mile radius, you gotta pass through my town to get to where you're going. Corporate, yet small time compared to true vegas casinos. Even small time, on the absolute worst night, I make about 12 an hour. I average 20/hr for the week most of the time, but I've also seen nights where we've made 50-60 an hour. It's such a simple and easy job, I literally feel like I'm shitting money sometimes when I look at my pay. It's -almost- literally the easiest job you can work for 20+/hr, to bullshit with people and deal cards all day.

>>17280810
I will.. Once I move I'll be networking and hitting up /soc/ some. It's entirely possible we'd meet and not even know it.

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Sounds pretty stellar. I'm all for it I think, but one other thing I realize is that my credit is shot. Medical bills. Everything else is paid back, but I do have some medical bills that need to be accounted for. Will that certainly stand in the way? They are all very small but there is alot of them. I have insurance now thankfully. Will it even matter in Canada? Don't they just look if there's any debts you have in BC?

>>17280877
Very good question. Work on cutting them down if you can. Come to think of it, I had several small hospital bills over the past couple years that I'd fucked off and forgotten about, and they'd hired me. You should be fine. Credit score isn't a detractor there.

Move to Yellowknife. You can live for next to nothing up there.

>>17280200
>I'm 30 years old without a career or life partner and I don't even know how to drive.

What went wrong?

>>17282367
Have you ever lived there?

Vague desire to live up north for awhile, but slightly concerned I would kill myself.

>>17282375
like, everything at once. At 23 I was in college doing great with a 4.0, in honors society, etc, but a combination of family deaths and a huge lawsuit that followed left me without alot of money and had my GF leave me. I got depressed, failed a class, lost my financial backing for school, couldn't get loans to finish the retardedly expensive liberal arts college I went to because it was close to my mother who needed care and was going through operations for her brain tumor.

I coasted, just barely getting by supporting myself alone at this point, unable to get back into college. They told me they were more likely to sue me than to work with me on getting back in to finish.

My mom was mentally ill and schizo, but extremely manipulative in avoiding getting committed somehow. My life growing up was just consumed by her needs and instability, so I grew up without a dad or anyone to teach me to drive or anything. Couldn't have friends over.

I mean, I'm shit, I know. But I do look at my peers and they're far less ambitious than me. My friends just work fast food, get high and watched youtube all day. And those are the ones that aren't hopelessly addicted to something. None of them want to get better. I feel like I belong right with them in the garbage can, but I just can't sit still. Atleast I can do some things like use photoshop, read some code, speak some japanese and more..

There's obviously a hell of alot more shit I don't feel like listing too, but basically it's possible for life to serve you a shit-cocktail. But in the end I'm the one who drank it, so although I make alot of excuses, I missed some opportunities to turn things around.

>>17280200
>it's possible for life to serve you a shit-cocktail. But in the end I'm the one who drank it
There is more wisdom here than most people learn in their lifetime. You're already more than half way in digging out of your shithole.

Don't listen to the naysayers too much. They're probably all 100% correct, but now is the time in your life when you can actually do something like this. If you have to, a single man can just rent a room and live on very little money. A guy with a family cannot do that.

My son wanted to play college football. It was his dream even though he wasn't big enough. He went away to a small college and gave it a shot, worked his ass off, and after a couple of years, got to play in one game. Turns out he isn't big enough, but mow he knows, and at least he gave it a shot.

>>17283211
thanks for sharing that

I find that you can deal with failing as long as you tried, but it's when you let others make decisions for you or when you don't actually try that you actually have regrets.

>>17280200
>I don't have a friend willing to go out with me to a parking lot and drive around some.
Learning to drive is absolute key. Outside of a big city, not having a car is like not having legs. Even more importantly the freedom a car or motorcycle gives you makes you feel much more confident, manly and adult.

You can spend money on a driving school, we have a couple even in my small town, but if you have the book memorized, you really just need to drive. Find somebody who'll let you have some time behind the wheel.

OP here.. Considering my situation: I live in Florida and I want to move far out toward the West Coast.

Should I buy a car here in FL and drive it out West, or should I just save my money and purchase a car after I get out there? I don't have much to move. Everything I want to take could fit in my trunk, including clothes. My cat would probably hate the trip, but I would also get to bring some nice things with me that I didn't want to have to leave behind but already came to terms with doing so.

What should I consider? Thanks for all the posts, Anons.

>>17283726
Do you have a work visa? The apartment will cost you an arm and a leg, and I doubt the job market in Vancouver is any good right now. Try something a little closer to home, or at least within the country. You can make it, but Vancouver is the end goal, not the starting point.

Does anyone live in Surrey or have been there? Can someone tell me what it's like?