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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I live in the US after moving from Calgary a year and a half ago and make frequent trips back to Calgary. Unequivocally now the cost of living is higher in Canada, especially when you factor in incomes and earning potential in the US. There are positives and negatives of both places and I think Canada has such a complex with the US that makes Canadians blind to anything that might actually be better in the US and also blinds them to things that are objectively awful in Canada.
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A straight across comparison really isn't fair. The USA clearly has its faults including more poverty. However, it's also easier to live below the poverty line in the USA.
I'm trying to find accurate stats on homelessness, which is difficult as Canada does a really poor job of keeping them. From what I can gather, the homelessness rate in Canada is much higher than the USA. The USA reported 653,100 homeless people in 2023. Canada is estimated to have 200-300,000, but the USA's population is over 8 times larger.
As stated, these stats are probably not 100% reliable. Other indicators that often accompany homelessness, like the overdose death rate, are much higher in the USA.
Anyways, rambling right now, but the housing crisis is the main issue in Canada. A lot of posters on this board, being 40+ and living in Calgary, are on the benefitting side of the housing cost increases (IE they bought in before the major uptick in housing prices in their region).
This is almost certainly to be a major, if no the major issue, in the upcoming federal election. The liberals are trying to get ahead of it by putting forward their plan for 3.9 million more homes by 2031.