Canadian sticker shock
This is our first trip to Canada to amount to anything. We arrived in Calgary Tuesday afternoon. First shock was the gas pump. 82l of diesel for $152.00. I understand the exchange rate and all but I s...
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vjstangelo wrote:
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One thing I can’t fathom is the cost of Canadian housing we see on HGTV. How can these folks afford $800,000 homes which seem to be the norm in Canada?
It's the big cities primarily, Vancouver, Toronto.
But I just got back from Seattle, and it's bad there too, and in San Francisco, New York. Sounds similar.
Smaller towns/cities are much more reasonable if you're lucky enough to get a job there. Our daughter just moved to Brandon, Manitoba and bought a nice place for around C$300K, that's about US$225K.
