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Originally Posted by Daradon
A worse economy will make crime rates go up. As well, Edmonton's location may add to the increase of shaddy characters.
But that's a large jump to go from Calgary's handful of murders to Edmonton's 33. The fact of the matter is Edmonton has always had a higher murder rate. I think part of the reason is a more blue collar city. I'm sure there are other factors. The frustration over the Oilers for instance.
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Not sure what you mean by that, unemplyment rates in Edmonton and Calgary are similar. Economic output is higher in Calgary, due to the blue collar/white collar difference, but Calgary also has a higher concentration of high value finance jobs.
What is kind of interesting is that despite having a lower per capita income, retail sales per capita is higher in Edmonton than in Calgary. Yes, I am sure the jokes will write themselves there.
http://www.omaccanada.ca/en/market/e...n/default.omac
http://www.omaccanada.ca/en/market/calgary/default.omac
Don't want this to be a Calgary vs. Edmonton thing, I was just curious about the differences.