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Originally Posted by Fuzz
This keeps getting repeated, but is it true? Are we one of the highest cost places to live? We have lower income taxes than most provinces and no PST. Outside of maybe Calgary and Edmonton, are housing costs that high? Are we really more expensive than BC, or Ontario? What makes us more expensive? Is it just housing, or food, transport etc? Just wondering if there are facts for this.
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As someone who grew up right beside the BC-Alberta border , it wasn't the Albertans going over to BC to shop for cheaper groceries, supplies, vehicles , fuel etc.
Also doing projects for work on both side of the border , I learnt the hard way to always budget a minimum of 15-20% more when doing the exact same type of work in BC. So when people say it's more expensive in Alberta to do business I call BS.