Comments on: Point of no return http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/ disown the lifestyle - exposing the hype in vancouver condo marketing and real estate advertising Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:44:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: condos for sale http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-1601 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:37:52 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-1601 Squamish is cool place. I don’t know the condo market there but I like the town.

]]> By: landlessinvan http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-1053 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:55:01 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-1053 I just have to say one thing to Viscera. You need to do a bit of homework if you think you are listening to owls every evening. Yes, a couple small owl species yet thrive in the Sea to Sky. But what the BC Provinicial government has allowed to occur throughout the province is scandalous.

Spotted owls are essentially gone from our forests, along with their habitat. Thank god the Squamish pulp mill closed down, so now you can enjoy your town, with the convenience of Wal-Mart and a wide highway.

]]> By: sgt.turmeric http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-897 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:09:47 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-897 Is the bowl of granny smith apples in a condo ad like the brick wall/chainlink fence/railroad track in a rock band photo?

]]> By: R.R. http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-895 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:00:08 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-895 Sotheby’s is synonymous with lame….But I have to agree that I’d pay that much for a decent property like this in squamish. The ad campaign might be a bit over the top suggesting the kitchen is cooler than B.C.’s own backyard but where I live there are crackheads and hookers. And the sold out and unfinished condo tower across the street has already appreciated to over $350k (for the cheapest apt. – outside of downtown as well…) despite being a year behind schedule.

]]> By: csg http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-886 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:18:47 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-886 Squamish is an awesome place to live if you’re into outdoor recreation. This is the best selling point for these places, so I’m not sure I can begrudge the marketer for trying to leverage that.

“Home base for an exceptional life”, though … ouch!

]]> By: Viscera http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-878 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:10:57 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-878 Don’t you think you’re grasping just a wee little bit here??

I live in Squamish and I really don’t find this ad remotely off-base. While we might not speak in the specific ‘ad lingo’ that you so readily mock, our neighbours and I, who live in relatively new single family homes not that far from this project, do actually more or less express this sentiment on a fairly regular basis.

My neighbour across the street moved here so he can kite surf after work everyday. Which he does. My neighbour next door is an off-road mountain bike freak as well as a forester. Oh, and my other neigbhour is a former logger who is now working on the Sea to Sky expansion project. Me, I just like coming home from my job in the city to a truly beautiful home where I hear owls every evening, and the roaring rush of two rivers pretty much 24/7. Guess we’re buying into the stereotype, eh?

Having visited the sales centre, I would agree that that this developer is offering a rather nice specification package. I don’t really understand what you’re beef is. Have you ever been there? Have you toured any real estate north of West Van in the last two years? When’s the last time you even drove through Squamish and did more than simply acknowledge the McDonald’s?

No, I haven’t bought there. No, I don’t work for them in any way shape or form. Yes, I’m a city transplant. Yes, I enjoy the Squamish lifetsyle that you find so cynically laughable.

Guess that makes me one special dufus, doesn’t it?

shrug

]]> By: solipsist http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-873 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:52:24 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/point-of-no-return/#comment-873 Anyone looking for a name synonymous with hype?

No, but how ’bout tripe? It takes a lot of guts to spew such nonsense, it takes strong tripes to digest it, it stinks just like it, and it even rhymes!

Just don’t change the name to condotripe.

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