[Sylvanfan]

I'm not in Calgary, but I'm in St.Albert which is sort of undergoing a similar boom. I work from home and in my line of work it doens't make a whole hill of beans of difference now. I'm selling my place here in the next month and relocating to Kamloops where I grew up. Kamloops isn't that much cheaper and we do have to pay taxes in B.C. But It's a hell of a lot nicer than Edmonton and having golf season from March 1st to November 15th is a big improvement on what Alberta has. Also thats where my family is based, and my wife's is in Langley, so we will be closer to "home". In 2001 when I first left B.C. housing in Edmonton and area was less than it was in Kamloops, even as far back as 18 months ago housing there was more. Now Kamloops is quite a bit cheaper, especially at the high end. Why someone would sink 700k to live in the Edmonton area is beyond me....Than again 2 years ago I thought that about a 350k house which now sells for over 700. So in essence I'm one of these temporary Alberta transplants, who came out when things were bad in B.C., cashed out, and returned home when things improved there. Mind you the company I work with never really was in rough shape in B.C, they came to Alberta thinking it would be better to attract new staff. Now they're asking me to try and get an office going in Kamloops because they can't find staff, or keep any when they do.