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EarnestPutz

(2,123 posts)
1. The 1975 family income figure seemed odd to me. Google tells me that it's corrected.....
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 12:13 AM
Nov 2021

.....into 1995 dollars. Still don't really understand this, to be honest.

http://www.ccsd.ca/factsheets/fs_avgin.html

Bev54

(10,074 posts)
3. When I was still in personal banking doing mortgages, the annual average income of the
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 01:09 AM
Nov 2021

community would relate to the cost of the average house, which we always looked at about 2.5 times ones salary. That sure went out the window.

Bev54

(10,074 posts)
6. Vancouver the same, as is the Okanagan, which has quite low average incomes but
Tue Nov 23, 2021, 01:29 AM
Nov 2021

house prices are more than in Calgary. Calgary is one of the few cities that has high average incomes and house prices are high but still affordable. Just a shit place to live.

Response to applegrove (Original post)

Latest Discussions»Region Forums»Canada»So true: