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Originally Posted by _Q_
As I said in my previous post
You can make it work, in Calgary, but its extremely tight.
An average, dual income home shouldn't have to just "make it work". They should be afforded you know.... an average lifestyle. Nice home, good car, safe and reliable childcare, savings, food on the table, internet, etc.
These aren't luxuries. Working full time in a fairly average job should allow you to provide the basics that I described above. If that's not happening, then there's something seriously broken with our economy.
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Consider this: the "average" is unsustainable economically because what you perceive as "average" is actually "rich people stuff" that the "average" person needs to take out incredible amounts of money they don't actually posses to achieve being "average"
My rule of thumb is, aside from a home, if I cant buy it in cash, I cant afford it. If you take this mentality with everything you start to find that the "average" persons spending habits and expectations of what kind of property they should reasonably be able to have is INSANE and it's no wonder that someone could possibly think you can make 120+k in calgary and be forced to eek out a meager existence