Montreal isn't even on the list. And obviously everyone would much rather live in Winnipeg or Edmonton than Toronto or Vancouver.
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Maybe that was the grading scale....
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Montreal isn't even on the list. And obviously everyone would much rather live in Winnipeg or Edmonton than Toronto or Vancouver.
I absolutely love Montreal. It's a place completely unique to North America culturally and a treat to visit, but with that said I would never ever think about actually living there.
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Yeah having lived in Montreal, if your only considerations were culture, transit and food Montreal is almost unbeatable. But when you have to consider jobs and taxes and such, I can totally see why its not even on the list. Strange that Quebec City is though...
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obviously the risk of getting beat up at the local mall by a couple of rent a cops did not factor into the ranking equation.......
Nor was the likelihood of being accosted in a local natural recreational area about whether you've been to the festival currently taking place in town.
Nor was the likelihood of being accosted in a local natural recreational area about whether you've been to the festival currently taking place in town.
Montreal isn't even on the list. And obviously everyone would much rather live in Winnipeg or Edmonton than Toronto or Vancouver.
I'm pretty sure Vancouver would rank first if everything was equal but when it comes to settling down living comfortably a lot of merit is put into affordable housing and work opportunities. Vancouver sucks in those areas.
It's great to see Albertan cities dominate the rankings with Calgary, Edmonton, St. Albert and others doing so well. Alberta is a great province and we have many nice, prosperous places in which to live.
Yeah having lived in Montreal, if your only considerations were culture, transit and food Montreal is almost unbeatable. But when you have to consider jobs and taxes and such, I can totally see why its not even on the list. Strange that Quebec City is though...
I don't know of statistics, but the government jobs in Quebec City likely provide more income and employment security than their Montreal counterparts.
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These surveys are a joke. There's so many of them, and each one of them have different winners each time.
Not that I disagree, but its hard to argue the results when Calgary (and more so, western Canada) is now typically topping these lists. Given globally (and nationally) everything that's going on, I'd say Calgary is a pretty damn good place to be living provided you're working.
Calgary top spot to live....
