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asurty on Aug 4, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: We quit our jobs to build a cabin

This is exactly why I decided against purchasing a cottage (thats what we call it up here in Canada).

I realized I would be spending at least 4 hours in traffic every weekend to double my house work.

Instead why not just put all that time in making my home in the city as habitable as possible?

Maybe some day but it would have to be a permanent and only residence.

richjdsmith on Aug 4, 2020 [–]

Fun little side-note but Cabins are called cabins in Western (BC & Alberta for sure, and I believe Sask as well) Canada. It's only Eastern Canada that calls them cottages.

frosted-flakes on Aug 4, 2020 | [–]

They're commonly called camps in Northern Ontario.

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