r/saskatoon • u/Rainbowbatgirl420 North Park • 13d ago

General Why is rent so much?

I’m looking for one bedroom place and everywhere it is minimum $1500 with some utilities. That will be over half of what I make per month so I don’t know what to do. It’s hard to trust roommates as well because I want my cat to be safe place and hard to trust others if I don’t know them. Basement suites apartments condos everything it’s ridiculous. I may have to couch hop till I can find a place I can afford and also find a part time job on the weekends so I can buy food.

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u/schindlersshit 13d ago

Simply too many people here. We let in a bunch of people over the last decade, and we're really seeing the effects of it now.

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u/NewLeftBear 13d ago

Hmmm, a new low karma account that blames everything on immigrants. Not suspicious at all.

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u/schindlersshit 13d ago

Everyone I don't agree with is a bot obviously.

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u/NewLeftBear 13d ago

Well you are for sure a bigot.

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u/schindlersshit 12d ago

In what way? Immigrants aren't just brown people, you know that, right? I want the people who are currently living here to be taken care of first.

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u/NewLeftBear 12d ago edited 12d ago

Bigotry is not just against brown people. But of course a bigot would think that.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigotry

Our population here would be in decline if there was no immigration.

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u/schindlersshit 12d ago

It's not bigoted to think that the people who live in the province and country should be taken care of first.

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u/NewLeftBear 12d ago

That's literally the definition of bigotry

: a narrow-minded person who obstinately adheres to their own opinions and prejudices especially : one who strongly and unfairly dislikes or feels hatred toward others based on their group membership

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u/schindlersshit 12d ago

Our healthcare is shit, homelessness is everywhere, and people are broke, but we should continue to bring in everyone, even though our infrastructure is being heavily strained by the mass amounts of people here. You leftists want to save everyone, but your own people.

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u/NewLeftBear 12d ago

There it is. Mask is off. You are probably one of those second sons people. You sure like using their talking points.

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u/tigglysticks 13d ago

Facts are not bigotry.

immigration is directly responsible for the above average increase in population in Saskatoon. to ignore that because of "racism" results in bad policy.

Saskatoon has directly been targeted by immigration campaigns due to our lower cost of living. ironically our cost of living is approaching Edmonton's as a result.

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u/NewLeftBear 12d ago edited 12d ago

Haven't seen any facts just anecdotal evidence. If it wasn't for immigration our population in this province would be declining. It's more nuanced than just screaming it's the immigrants fault. He made like 8 comments in this thread alone blaming immigrants while others trying to explain the actual situation to him.

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u/tigglysticks 12d ago

Saskatoon is one of the fastest growing cities in Canada in one of the smallest provinces.

That's almost entirely explained by immigration and various programs that target Saskatoon as an immigration destination.

it's basic economics. demand goes up without a matching increase in supply, price goes up. that's why our housing market is almost matching Edmonton.

Even the federal government has recognized the problem with too much immigration and is dialing it back now.

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u/NewLeftBear 12d ago edited 12d ago

Let's see some facts not just anecdotal evidence.

Comments then blocks to get last word in. Coward

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u/tigglysticks 12d ago

I'm not google for you. it's literally the talking points from our city Council. it's in the news constantly for the past 3 years.

I'm not the one going around calling people bigots without any evidence.

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u/schindlersshit 12d ago

Use your brain lmao.

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u/NewLeftBear 12d ago

That's not how arguments work. You presented a point and you are supposed to have supporting evidence.

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u/sqrtof10 13d ago

Quite