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Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce
That's a pretty ridiculous way of comparing averages. Take malaysia for instance. A typical university educated person earns 3600 ringgit which is roughly about $1200cdn. That's a pretty comfortable living for them because a meal typically cost 5 ringgit (less than $2cdn), and you can buy a home for less than $40k cdn. 100 ringgit in malaysia goes a lot further than $100k cdn in Calgary
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Yeah, you have to look at the purchasing power and consumer price index when comparing salaries in different locations.
However, $100k is still a very decent income in Canada, even by Alberta's standards. When darklord700 states that "$100k doesn't buy you much these days", he sounds ridiculously out-of-touch with the reality of the typical Canadian family.