The walkability and access to streetcars/Subway/Metro make Montreal,Toronto,Vancouver worth the rent, In Toronto I live car free which saves tons of money. I lived in Calgary for 2 months and it was very hard to live without driving, The core is not dense enough for livability, most people commute to the centre from suburbs. In cities like Toronto for example everyone lives in the core (Old Toronto) which creates infinite blocks of density (Grocery stores, public spaces, pubs, shops, entertainment, cafes, markets, convenient stores, and so on) In Calgary the only areas that feel like a fraction of that would be 17th ave, 8th ave, and Kensington which you could walk through in like 20 mins no exaggeration. In Toronto people live east to west on Lawrence, Eglinton, St Clair, Dupont, Bloor Danforth, College, Dundas, Queen, King, and so on, with many areas having pre zoning laws, so you get so many amenities and all connected to subway stations and streetcar stations, this is way beyond anything Calgary can keep up with. Lots of people think Toronto is the CN Tower and dundas square but I am talking about the beautiful livable neighbourhoods like, St clair west, Little Italy, Greektown, The beaches, Queen West, Midtown, UpTown, High Park, Korea Town, Korea Town North, Liberty Village, Little Portugal, Roncesvalles, Cabbage Town, Riverdale, Mount pleasant and way more! Same goes with Montreal, it doesn't matter what street you are on you can live without a car because everything is walking distance to you with great amenities and metro stations. In Calgary roads are wide and sidewalks are mainly empty, The city feels cold for urbanites and more like a city built for truck drivers.
Hey @Tokyo! Yea I totally agree, Calgary is definitely a driving City unless you live downtown. The City of Calgary is sprawling out words instead of upwards and so it will be much more difficult to live car free depending on where you need to go. We simply don't have the population to support places like old Toronto (which I love!). The new green line for the train is being built and that will take people to the south of the city and there are plans to go up north. In time we should have better infrastructure!!
Lived in Vancouver for 5 years and Calgary for 20. I know both cities very well. Calgary takes most categories hands down when it comes to liveability for the average person. Calgary has sunshine 333 days per year. Vancouver has sunshine 180 days per year. Calgary is much more affordable for pretty much everything. My dollar goes about 30% further in Calgary. Calgarians are much friendlier and easier to engage that Vancouverites. I have found it much easier to make friends in Calgary. Both cities have amazing and easy access to nature. Vancouver has the ocean and calgary has beautiful river systems. Vancouver has more robust food and entertainment culture but Calgary isn’t far behind. I chose to move to Calgary to have more sunshine and to be able to have a disposable income again. I am very happy with my choice to move to Calgary. Both cities are pretty awesome but it depends on what you are after.
Hey @Matt! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and facts! You can make any city work depending on what you want. The sunny days here is making me consider solar (there is a $40k interest free loan right now to make your home energy efficient!) Glad you are enjoying it here buddy!
@Andy - we are experiencing a low inventory, high demand market similar to Toronto and Vancouver. Prices are climbing, same with interest rates so our advice to you is get preapproved immediately so it protects you from rising rates (even if you are not ready to buy right now). Once you have that in place then you can start exploring Calgary real estate and get an understanding of the market - our team can help 👊
i live in Toronto and this is the most balanced best video I have seen comparing Toronto to Calgary in terms of getting people to move to Calgary. if you have a paid off property and a decent job there is no real reason to move to Calgary from Toronto but if you are a first time home buyer who can never afford the Toronto (and Vancouver & Victoria) real estate prices and know the insane rent prices then Calgary would be a great move for these people. for myself Victoria would be the best place to move to and I visit Victoria for the fifth time last September. this September were going to the Rockies from flying into Calgary so I should have an afternoon to spend in downtown Calgary.
Great feedback, thank you! And you totally have a point there about being established and staying in Toronto versus being a first time home buyer looking to get into the real estate market! Hope you enjoy your time in the rockies! The Kananaskis Nordic Spa, hiking Sulphur Mountain, and checking out Canmore are great spots! 😆
Thanks this was very helpful bro ! Which city between Calgary or Toronto If I want to be a truck driver as foreigner ? Which between two cities are great for jogging for weather or road safety?
Happy to hear that buddy! Calgary and the area of Balzac (just north of Calgary's city limits) is booming with industrial construction as many warehouses and hubs are being built. Amazon built a massive fulfilment centre a few years ago and many more are being built with other companies in the area so you may want to look into employment opportunities here. Toronto is definitely more wet and cloudy but it's colder and temperature here but dry. There are tons of runners here (I'm training for a full marathon (Felix) and I see runners out all the time). There are lots of paths all around the city and the one that goes along the Bow River is one of the most popular trails of all! Hope that helps! 😆
Here's my video reply: vid.us/2irowv Who else knows any of the nicknames for Canada's cities? It's so cool to learn about Canadian history and its roots!
I'm from Toronto and it's true everything here is expensive. I am thinking of purchasing a property in Calgary just because of the market being so expensive.
Thanks for sharing, we think it's perspective. If oil tanks, housing becomes cheaper (great for buyers and investors) and we did pretty good in the 2008 recession compared to most other cities because of O&G. I guess it depends on what you have your toes dipped into!
Calgary Lions stand guard Protect the bridge's past As waters rush beneath my path Chinatown greets me As the bus speeds past Art is everywhere if you look up As the crowd look down alas Oh Calgary, how you tease me With your complicated downtown I walk against the crowd A mixture of pity and proud Name-dropping conversations and telephone sounds Smells of cologne and brisket BarBQing where deals and meals meet Not far announcements Of the upcoming Stampede Security stands guard Darkened doors silent Marquis No one blinks an eye On this busy street Where secrets are spoken I have walked several miles Yet ended up where I started As the bells announced the trains going past And I followed business clones all dressed in black Tailored uniforms of financial pasts I sat down craving the beer Announced on every corner Not taken over by oil Barron's long renown for their behavior Where bankers meet White summertime snow flows as the night emperor knows And his jester pushes his cart Bottles picked all over the park To pay the devil what he owes Keeps what it takes and both push For it's stakes are high As they are prey to the Lord of another kind Songs and the media don't mind Glamorizing the lifestyle So many addicts in the pinpoint of an eye It's a cat and sewer rat's game While cops drive on by Not seeing the quick handshakes At the speed of rattlesnakes Just as their venomous bites Finds another one to die
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The walkability and access to streetcars/Subway/Metro make Montreal,Toronto,Vancouver worth the rent, In Toronto I live car free which saves tons of money. I lived in Calgary for 2 months and it was very hard to live without driving, The core is not dense enough for livability, most people commute to the centre from suburbs. In cities like Toronto for example everyone lives in the core (Old Toronto) which creates infinite blocks of density (Grocery stores, public spaces, pubs, shops, entertainment, cafes, markets, convenient stores, and so on) In Calgary the only areas that feel like a fraction of that would be 17th ave, 8th ave, and Kensington which you could walk through in like 20 mins no exaggeration. In Toronto people live east to west on Lawrence, Eglinton, St Clair, Dupont, Bloor Danforth, College, Dundas, Queen, King, and so on, with many areas having pre zoning laws, so you get so many amenities and all connected to subway stations and streetcar stations, this is way beyond anything Calgary can keep up with. Lots of people think Toronto is the CN Tower and dundas square but I am talking about the beautiful livable neighbourhoods like, St clair west, Little Italy, Greektown, The beaches, Queen West, Midtown, UpTown, High Park, Korea Town, Korea Town North, Liberty Village, Little Portugal, Roncesvalles, Cabbage Town, Riverdale, Mount pleasant and way more! Same goes with Montreal, it doesn't matter what street you are on you can live without a car because everything is walking distance to you with great amenities and metro stations. In Calgary roads are wide and sidewalks are mainly empty, The city feels cold for urbanites and more like a city built for truck drivers.
Hey @Tokyo! Yea I totally agree, Calgary is definitely a driving City unless you live downtown. The City of Calgary is sprawling out words instead of upwards and so it will be much more difficult to live car free depending on where you need to go. We simply don't have the population to support places like old Toronto (which I love!). The new green line for the train is being built and that will take people to the south of the city and there are plans to go up north. In time we should have better infrastructure!!
This was very helpful info !
Lived in Vancouver for 5 years and Calgary for 20. I know both cities very well.
Calgary takes most categories hands down when it comes to liveability for the average person.
Calgary has sunshine 333 days per year. Vancouver has sunshine 180 days per year.
Calgary is much more affordable for pretty much everything. My dollar goes about 30% further in Calgary.
Calgarians are much friendlier and easier to engage that Vancouverites. I have found it much easier to make friends in Calgary.
Both cities have amazing and easy access to nature.
Vancouver has the ocean and calgary has beautiful river systems.
Vancouver has more robust food and entertainment culture but Calgary isn’t far behind.
I chose to move to Calgary to have more sunshine and to be able to have a disposable income again.
I am very happy with my choice to move to Calgary.
Both cities are pretty awesome but it depends on what you are after.
Hey @Matt! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and facts! You can make any city work depending on what you want. The sunny days here is making me consider solar (there is a $40k interest free loan right now to make your home energy efficient!) Glad you are enjoying it here buddy!
The name of your channel says everything.
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I Want to make the move out of BC to Calgary and the sooner the better because prices are rising in Calgary as well.
@Andy - we are experiencing a low inventory, high demand market similar to Toronto and Vancouver. Prices are climbing, same with interest rates so our advice to you is get preapproved immediately so it protects you from rising rates (even if you are not ready to buy right now). Once you have that in place then you can start exploring Calgary real estate and get an understanding of the market - our team can help 👊
Awesome comparison Live Inner City.. I choose Calgary for the winter months and TO for the summer. Now to figure out how to make that happen 😄
i live in Toronto and this is the most balanced best video I have seen comparing Toronto to Calgary in terms of getting people to move to Calgary. if you have a paid off property and a decent job there is no real reason to move to Calgary from Toronto but if you are a first time home buyer who can never afford the Toronto (and Vancouver & Victoria) real estate prices and know the insane rent prices then Calgary would be a great move for these people. for myself Victoria would be the best place to move to and I visit Victoria for the fifth time last September. this September were going to the Rockies from flying into Calgary so I should have an afternoon to spend in downtown Calgary.
Great feedback, thank you! And you totally have a point there about being established and staying in Toronto versus being a first time home buyer looking to get into the real estate market! Hope you enjoy your time in the rockies! The Kananaskis Nordic Spa, hiking Sulphur Mountain, and checking out Canmore are great spots! 😆
Very informative topics for those newbie planning to immigrate in Canada. Calgary AB is our first priority. Keep Safe & God Bless.
Thanks this was very helpful bro ! Which city between Calgary or Toronto If I want to be a truck driver as foreigner ? Which between two cities are great for jogging for weather or road safety?
Happy to hear that buddy! Calgary and the area of Balzac (just north of Calgary's city limits) is booming with industrial construction as many warehouses and hubs are being built. Amazon built a massive fulfilment centre a few years ago and many more are being built with other companies in the area so you may want to look into employment opportunities here. Toronto is definitely more wet and cloudy but it's colder and temperature here but dry. There are tons of runners here (I'm training for a full marathon (Felix) and I see runners out all the time). There are lots of paths all around the city and the one that goes along the Bow River is one of the most popular trails of all! Hope that helps! 😆
@@LiveInnerCity Good Luck for your marathon training thats awesome ! 😀 🤘
Toronto was called Hogtown due to several large slaughter plants that were in operation in the downtown in the early days.
Here's my video reply:
vid.us/2irowv
Who else knows any of the nicknames for Canada's cities? It's so cool to learn about Canadian history and its roots!
That was Vancouver in the video clip
Really?! Lol oops, forgive us we aren't perfect ✌
Montreal vs Calgary... I'm from Montreal thinking of moving out to Calgary
Hey Raymond! Sounds great. What's stopping you from moving out so far?
I'm from Toronto and it's true everything here is expensive. I am thinking of purchasing a property in Calgary just because of the market being so expensive.
Great choice @Magalie 😉
Hogtown because it rain alot
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Calgary seems like a good idea now until oil tanks...
Thanks for sharing, we think it's perspective. If oil tanks, housing becomes cheaper (great for buyers and investors) and we did pretty good in the 2008 recession compared to most other cities because of O&G. I guess it depends on what you have your toes dipped into!
Calgary properties has better returns on investment and landlord friendly. I am packing and leaving BC to Friendly Calgary.
Bye BC.
Hey Ludwig! Glad to hear that. Can't wait to have you in Calgary lol
Guy my house went up 40% in Niagara last year lol .. ROI is best in Ontario
why do you show the burard inlet
Sorry I'm not understanding?
Calgary
Lions stand guard
Protect the bridge's past
As waters rush beneath my path
Chinatown greets me
As the bus speeds past
Art is everywhere if you look up
As the crowd look down alas
Oh Calgary, how you tease me
With your complicated downtown
I walk against the crowd
A mixture of pity and proud
Name-dropping conversations
and telephone sounds
Smells of cologne and brisket
BarBQing where deals and meals meet
Not far announcements
Of the upcoming Stampede
Security stands guard
Darkened doors silent Marquis
No one blinks an eye
On this busy street
Where secrets are spoken
I have walked several miles
Yet ended up where I started
As the bells announced
the trains going past
And I followed business
clones all dressed in black
Tailored uniforms
of financial pasts
I sat down craving the beer
Announced on every corner
Not taken over by oil Barron's
long renown for their behavior
Where bankers meet
White summertime
snow flows as the
night emperor knows
And his jester pushes his cart
Bottles picked all over the park
To pay the devil what he owes
Keeps what it takes and both push
For it's stakes are high
As they are prey to the
Lord of another kind
Songs and the media don't mind
Glamorizing the lifestyle
So many addicts
in the pinpoint of an eye
It's a cat and sewer rat's game
While cops drive on by
Not seeing the quick handshakes
At the speed of rattlesnakes
Just as their venomous bites
Finds another one to die
What an interesting piece and perspective about Calgary! Thanks for sharing @Maria!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Hands down calgary Toronto has more crime calgary has less
100%! But also a bigger population. Calgary is pretty safe no matter which neighbourhood or community you are in