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Old 04-27-2013, 08:12 PM   #352
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Originally Posted by Bunk View Post
Gotta consider overall affordability. Living in a more urban location may allow many families to live easily with only one family car, vs two. It's said that the overall cost of car ownership per month is equivilant to about $200,000 on a mortgage. This is exactly the situation we have right now in my family - smaller 3bdrm, but urban location, so we only need 1 car.


Here's an interesting study on greater Vancouver on this topic:
http://www.metro604.com/2013/04/26/a...affordability/
I live and work in the burbs and we only have one car. You just need a bicycle instead of walking. 80% of Calgary days are bikable. Limiting car ownership is more of a lifestyle choice than a location choice.
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