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Originally Posted by pepper24
It's important because if you want a house you can afford at the median family income ($91.5K as above) you're forced into a particular lifestyle.
A small house with small yard in the deep suburbs. Long commutes, cookie cutter homes. Ok for a young, small family. Not as feasible for an older, larger family. If that's what you can afford, you make due but it's not your dream scenario. Use the same points for a condo.
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Calgary has grown tremendously in the past 10 years, longer commutes and cookie cutter homes are a simple reality. There is no scenario in which most "older, larger" families can live close-in, there just isn't room, and you will always have to pay a premium to do so.