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Originally Posted by MarchHare
As I said above, there are several families with small children (including at least one family of four) living in my condo building. Obviously I'm not privy to their household finances, but I can't imagine their housing costs being much different from mine given that we live in the same building.
Bottomline, this thread is about saving money and was (I presume, perhaps incorrectly) started by a young single guy. The biggest thing he can do to reduce his monthly expenses is to live near his workplace and forego owning a car. After that, he should take all or some of what he would have been paying for car payments, insurance, gas, parking, maintenance, etc. and invest it in an RRSP, TFSA, or savings account.
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That's a good point - and I don't disagree with any of it. My point was simply that I wish Calgary had more of those communities. My wife and I don't want to live in the burbs but at this point we can't afford the type of home we think we need, in an area we are comfortable in to raise a family.
And we aren't looking for big homes....but 3 bedrooms is pretty much a must. And that's tough to find in an affordable price range in the suitable inner city neighborhoods.