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Originally Posted by DoubleF
I frequently have conversations about this with friends. I feel that we in Calgary are blessed with a mentality where blue collar and white collar respect one another (enough) that we can get along and work together. Most other cities/towns pit one against the other and consider the other side inferior.
I know coming from an Asian background, there is some serious stigma for blue collar careers. But my dad and I have been chatting with many other parents whose kids are in or contemplating blue collar and really trying to help them understand blue collar isn't that bad. If anything, many of those laughing at the blue collar vs white collar situation make less (ie: 80-90K as an analyst vs some blue collars making $100K+).
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I would say more blue collar vs white collar debate exists here because Alberta is a fantasy island bubble where blue collar workers can vastly out earn white collar workers in many cases.
In most of the rest of the world, blue collar work doesn't pay as much as white collar work, and the working conditions are much worse.
For instance one trade that seems to be hot in the area I grew up in is power lineman. They make $50+ per hour as a journeyman. Lots of them take work away jobs out east where they will work all the time and make $200,000 plus per year.
Stuff like that doesn't exist almost anywhere else in the world.