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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by DKnoll on Friday August 03, 2018 @09:36AM (#17679694)
I didn't mention the marginally higher average wage (across all industries, not specifically IT, which does not average higher) or population of Calgary. For reference the Toronto metro area has a population of 6.4 million with the Calgary metro area having 1.3. If we're talking about the praries as a whole which the parent was, that also includes Winnipeg and Regina.
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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by refurb on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:05PM (#17681527)
You said:

The Canadian praries (AB, SK, MB) are rough. It's cheap because people don't want to live there.

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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by DKnoll on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:31PM (#17681743)
I don't see how that contradicts anything else I've said. The average wage in Nunavut is higher than Toronto, does that make it a better place to live?
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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by refurb on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:00PM (#17682004)
Saying "people don't want to live there" while at the same time admitting more than 2M people live in a high income area seems to be contradictory, no?
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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by DKnoll on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:14PM (#17682136)
I said 1.3m in the metro area, which includes the population of Calgary. A high average salary doesn't necessarily make the whole of Calgary a high income area either. The average hourly rate of low population places can be easily influenced by outliers, like in the case of Nunavut and several cities in Alberta, contractors doing seasonal work in dangerous trades.
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