Then yo gps is broken

But end result is correct

Wait I meant the other way rip

Lolol

im moving to edmonton, are u trying to say i made a mistake?

Had quite a bit of friends move to Alberta. Most of them chose Edmonton.

Majority planned to move there to save money and come back to B.C when they had enough money to get into the housing market.

That did not pan out for many of them but most of them still moved back because they did not like it there. B.C has a natural beauty that is difficult to replace. It's just so damn expensive.

The remaining started families and are happy they made the move because you can have a house and raise a family. In B.C that is much more difficult obviously.

I think it is better to give it a go versus getting into a "what if" situation wondering if you made the right choice or not.

This post was edited by Killingyouall on Sep 6 2021 12:12pm

I was joking haha. I've worked in alberta for 8 years now, flying back and forth between the two provinces, moving because i am taking on a new role career wise that requires me to be here every week. I actually liked the city of Calgary better but I needed to be in Edmonton for my job. Your comment about it being easier for starting a family hits home because I was looking to upsize in Vancouver and a 3 br townhouse costs 900k-1.2mil where I live, ridiculous.

i grew up in vancouver so it'll be a tough change, but thankfully i got lots of friends and coworkers here so that should help a little bit since Iim not starting from scratch. I am planning on renting out my condo in richmond so hopefully eventually if i do want to go back i have a little bit of equity to throw around on a bigger place

Will definitely miss not having to worry about winter for 9 months of the year, hopefully having an actual single family home that's a decent size should help lol

that's why my plan is to move to AB if I start a family, but until then it's hard to replace BC. living without a car makes life a lot cheaper and i've been able to rent + save just fine. meanwhile in Calgary/Edmonton I'd absolutely need to own a car and cheaper housing/gas wouldn't make up the difference for a single dude like me. then not even accounting the need for a couple of vacations to get away from winter lolz

also being in AB it gave me some anxiety the higher % of people who just don't give a shit, a solid 10% less ppl fully vaccinated than BC yet people there acting like the pandemic is over. over here people still wearing masks and distancing even tho things are open, vaccination rates are better and you only need it indoors. big attitude difference

This post was edited by Hizkuntza on Sep 6 2021 01:50pm

one thing that caught me by surprise a little was that although the rates for gas and power isn't that far off from bc, the fees that they have here are quite a bit higher so your bills are higher for utilities

also, it depends on the city you're in, but edmonton compared to richmond has 3x the property tax rate

having no pst and i save a few grand on my income tax kind of cancels it out though

the big one for me was job + not living in a condo that ultimately trumped the nice weather and location in vancouver

if i had like 2 mil to have a nice house in vancouver i'd be back there instantly lol

yeah it's not THAT cheaper, gas in Edmonton was 1.30-1.40. and yeah, a big reason why shit's expensive here is because property taxes are pisslow so sitting on property doesn't cost that much.

something else I found interesting is that while in the Van area every other house is being torn down for a McMansion that's not the case in AB even tho people there technically make more money. says a lot about who's buying shit here lool

This post was edited by Hizkuntza on Sep 6 2021 01:59pm

Nah that's 100% due to urban sprawl. Vancouver is sandwiched between the ocean and mountains - no room. Calgary and Edmonton are on the prairies so you can build out and turn the area into a massive sprawling US-style suburbia. Reining that in has been Nenshi's #1 goal, and he succeeded, but he's about to leave so RIP Calgary. The Mcmansions on the outskirts of the city are ridiculously big.

This post was edited by StayPositive on Sep 6 2021 02:19pm