UghRochester said:
BlackStar said:
So to those who don't know I live in Canada now with my fiance. We bought a house in September and it came with a tenant in the basement.
I stopped reading after this. What the hell do you mean it came with a tenant? Are you saying you bought the house and there was some bum that was sleeping in the base all this time?
WickedLiquid said:
Ugh, in Canada we have people who live under the stairs.
haha, I've talked to many American friends who can't comprehend a basement apartment. Only in Canada eh?
Dude, plenty of American houses have finished basements, apartments above the garage, and so-called "mother-in-law" apartments that frequently have tenants in them. The difference is, when you buy a house in America, its YOUR house, not "Your-and-the-wierdo-living-in-the-basement's house"
And side note: Who are these Americans that GR's Canadians are supposedly talking to and getting all their information about Americans? The things I've been hearing lately--"Americans have never heard of basement apartments," "Americans are taught they won the Vietnam War." Seriously, what the fuck? I might have to police this place wikipedia style and start throwing out
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