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Originally Posted by Table 5
You do with children, especially if you have 3. Children just make everything a buttload more expensive.
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So then why not take advantage of moving to Kelowna? You're not moving across continents, you're within arms reach of family in Calgary, and still making what sounds like (from the OP) good pay. For a family of three, it's still pretty realistic.
Just for fun, I went to costofliving.welcomebc.ca, and found that if the OP was
- Living in Kelowna
- Owned an average size house with 20% down
- Making around $100,000 per year
- Wife doesn't work
- Has three kids
- Drives about 6km per day to work with 2 cars
- spends around $2000 for extras per month
He'd still walk away with around $10,000-12000 per year of extra cash after all is taken care of. That's enough to take a family vacation somewhere and save for a rainy day fund.
I'm sure I'm generalizing, but it seems affordable and with a generally nice quality of life based on this.