Comments on: Places I’ve Lived: Sketchy Landlords, an Attic and a Hundred-Year-Old House http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/places-ive-lived-sketchy-landlords-an-attic-and-a-hundred-year-old-house/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Mon, 20 May 2013 11:54:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: madrassoup http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/places-ive-lived-sketchy-landlords-an-attic-and-a-hundred-year-old-house/#comment-28662 madrassoup Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:55:44 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20380#comment-28662 I love how “my landlord was racist and would only rent to white people,” is there just for narrative detail, because it obviously didn’t stop the writer from living there for a significant period of time. Plus, there is something about not questioning why it's possible to benefit from whiteness AND from diversity (thank god the Punjabi market people didn’t have racist landlords or our narrator here wouldn’t have gotten her fix!) that is kind of stunning, actually. I love how “my landlord was racist and would only rent to white people,” is there just for narrative detail, because it obviously didn’t stop the writer from living there for a significant period of time. Plus, there is something about not questioning why it’s possible to benefit from whiteness AND from diversity (thank god the Punjabi market people didn’t have racist landlords or our narrator here wouldn’t have gotten her fix!) that is kind of stunning, actually.

]]> By: selenana http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/places-ive-lived-sketchy-landlords-an-attic-and-a-hundred-year-old-house/#comment-28568 selenana Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:03:09 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20380#comment-28568 Nicely done. Nicely done.

]]> By: Michelle http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/places-ive-lived-sketchy-landlords-an-attic-and-a-hundred-year-old-house/#comment-28483 Michelle Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:08:05 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20380#comment-28483 "hippie fertility murals on the ceilings" <- this is the most Commercial Drive-y statement of all time. I used to live near you! I was across the street from Prado. I love that 24 hour grocery store and their abundance of cheap President's Choice food. “hippie fertility murals on the ceilings” <- this is the most Commercial Drive-y statement of all time.

I used to live near you! I was across the street from Prado. I love that 24 hour grocery store and their abundance of cheap President’s Choice food.

]]> By: Megano! http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/places-ive-lived-sketchy-landlords-an-attic-and-a-hundred-year-old-house/#comment-28480 Megano! Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:01:01 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20380#comment-28480 Oh yeah, I have lived in the apartment that was so hot it made me physically sick. The heat also possibly contributed to the premature deaths of my guinea pigs too, but we couldn't find another place that would allow dogs. :( Oh yeah, I have lived in the apartment that was so hot it made me physically sick. The heat also possibly contributed to the premature deaths of my guinea pigs too, but we couldn’t find another place that would allow dogs. :(

]]> By: Chloë Lees@facebook http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/places-ive-lived-sketchy-landlords-an-attic-and-a-hundred-year-old-house/#comment-28466 Chloë Lees@facebook Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:13:37 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20380#comment-28466 Oh, Vancouver. I used to live near the Drive and now live in the Kensington/Cedar Cottage area. I miss all those lovely little produce markets on Commercial and tromp down to do my groceries when the weather is nice :) Oh, Vancouver. I used to live near the Drive and now live in the Kensington/Cedar Cottage area. I miss all those lovely little produce markets on Commercial and tromp down to do my groceries when the weather is nice :)

]]> By: probs http://thebillfold.com/2012/12/places-ive-lived-sketchy-landlords-an-attic-and-a-hundred-year-old-house/#comment-28434 probs Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:19:47 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=20380#comment-28434 Glad you guys found a great place! Glad you guys found a great place!

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