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Originally Posted by tvp2003
I appreciate the sentiment and sympathize with the likely frustration if you're someone who is trying to buy in this current market. But I would push back on a few points for the sake of discussion:
- Townhomes are an option between SFH and condos -- you may not get your own "backyard" but it can help bridge the gap if you're wanting more space for family.
- Why $350k? Is that related to "working class" income in Calgary, or house prices? It looks like median prices have hovered around $460-475k since 2014; you have to go back to 2011 to be in the $400k range: https://creastats.crea.ca/mls/calg-median-price
- Also, in my experience, kids and families growing up today DO have a different upbringing regardless of what kind of house you live in. If your frame of reference is 20 years ago (i.e. circa 2002), then yeah house prices have increased substantially and those lucky enough to buy before the big jump in the first half of 2006 benefited greatly (I was not so lucky). I'm not sure what the solution is -- besides making more "missing middle" type housing -- but I would take our situation over Vancouver/GTA 7 days of the week... |
Do kids today have the same upbringing as the 90's? I don't remember ipads in the faces of 7 year olds all the time back then.