Things seem to be taking a turn for the worse in Canada.
Papers Please coming soon to eat out or shop
Mobility rights being restricted for unvaxxed (no flying even domestically, no inter provincial train travel)
Forced vaccination for health workers in Ontario and federal employees across Canada or your fired.
I lived temporarily in Red Deer and while it was cold as hell it was still free-er. Thinking about moving the family to Calgary. I live in downtown Toronto currently.
Added benefit that private Christian education is partially government funded. Costs 11k /yr in Toronto, can get similar for $3500 /yr in Alberta. With the push of gender crap on kids is the public system, private education has become a top priority for my kid.
Oh and real estate is still cheap in Alberta. Can still buy property even if only making 40 - 50k a year.
I lived there for 18 months.
Zero traffic, all the stores you need. Everyone except the civil service is conservative.
Houses are cheap. Was druggie problem downtown (in whole city actually). Northwest part of town is the "bad" area. Best parts to live are NE or SE.
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It’s the third biggest city in Alberta with a population of around 100,000. Felt like a smaller town to me but I’m from downtown Toronto.
Has everything you need, your wal mart, Costco, lcbo, sobeys, Superstore, local mall, Best Buy, etc. Mostly a place to go and buy a house to raise the fam in relative safety. There IS crime but this basically felt like a middle class suburb in the middle of Alberta.
Not a lot of younger people in their 20s.