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Originally Posted by davee930
Is this too much to ask for in this damn country?
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Which is, in itself, a shocking role reversal as British residential housing has historically been god awful compared to minimum Canadian standards for residential. When we moved from London (UK) to Halifax (NS) in the 1980s the discrepancy was vast. England felt like a 3rd world country by comparison. In the late 70s, a lot of people were still burning coal to heat their houses, kitchens consisted of furniture pushed up against a wall, and people lived in damp, draughty, rickety structures with creaking everything.
The UK has come a
long long way the last 30+ years. They're still not up to Canadian standards in most areas but they've caught up to Canada in some.