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I've seen return flights as low as $420 taxes in. In the winter though it's insane. When I was looking last year it was higher than $2000.

If you have a job lined up here then I'd do it. But it can sometimes be hard to find work here so moving first and then looking for work might not be a good idea.

Yes you could probably go other places and make more money. We left Calgary and moved to Halifax and our quality of life is much higher. Our smaller house in Calgary with a postage size lot and neighbors 8 feet on either side of us was $110,000 more expensive than the larger home we purchased outside Halifax which is sitting on 2.1 acres (mostly treed). But it depends what you're looking for in life.