“For us Canadians, it’s a double whammy,” Cedrone said, pointing to a loonie that trades for roughly 69 American cents, on top of rising maintenance costs.

“In Canadian dollars, last week I paid $18 for 18 eggs,” Cedrone said.

“We love this place. But it came to a point now — we are in our 70s — and it’s cheaper for me to come here two months and rent.”

Canadians made up nearly one-quarter of foreign sellers in Florida between April 2023 and March 2024 versus 11 per cent in the same period a year earlier, according to a National Realtors Association report.

  • Sturgist
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    1 day ago

    See, I know it’s always been “toonies” but I’ve always struggled with why they didn’t go for twonies…

    • hume_lemmy
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      22 hours ago

      At the time, I was pitching for the doub-loon, but sadly society went for the lame option. :(

      • Sturgist
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        18 hours ago

        Uuuuuuugh… that’s so fucking good too… people suck

    • vastard@lemmynsfw.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 day ago

      Twonies feels wrong somehow. Like I want to pronounce it so it rhymes with “ponies”

      • Sturgist
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 day ago

        I live in Scotland, after making that comment wrote it out both ways and asked a coworker which he thought looked more right… forgetting he’s dyslexic. So that was a fun lunch conversation.

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOP
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 day ago

        I remember when toonies were first issued and got the nickname. America thought it was hilarious and typically Canuck. 🤣🤣