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Originally Posted by oilyfan
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. |
I just meant the Alberta economy dipping. Which I believe was the point in the subject line... Didn't mean it as a point between cities. Just meant that a bad economy will trigger crime anywhere.