From affordable housing in Alberta to high taxes in Quebec, there are many widely accepted claims about the cost of living in different parts of the country. But are these preconceptions accurate?

  • RandAlThor@lemmy.ca
    22·
    26 days ago

    But the Brazilian couple found out a few years later that moving from a big city to a smaller one isn’t always the answer. Nazzari Gomes relocated for a university teaching job in Guelph, and discovered that rents in the smaller Ontario city were just as steep. The family now pays $3,100 a month.

    I find it RIDICULOUS that rent in Guelph is about the same as it is in Toronto. That NEVER used to be the case! This is freaking outrageous.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      25 days ago

      75% of the condos around Waterloo are owned by one company. They use software to keep the right number of units empty to increase rents.

      But why should Guelph be cheaper, it’s a far nicer place to live than the GTA.

      But hey, this is all Doug Ford and these hicks just keep electing him.