• Yoga@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    I’m not so sure about the lower prices thing. Gas prices were higher, grocery prices were way higher due to lack of competition and remoteness, and house prices were high due to a total lack of development and it being a somewhat touristy area.

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      5 days ago

      Shoot, I did do a ninja edit to “property prices”. Maybe you loaded it first.

      The grocery prices are madness, and my local place was selling almost-rotten produce until recently. Gas can be cheaper or more expensive depending on other factors. It’s still so much more expensive in the city; I know because I desperately want to move and keep track.

      and house prices were high due to a total lack of development and it being a somewhat touristy area.

      Yeah, Banff or Canmore would not be cheap. If you’re in the depressing middle of nowhere the story changes.

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        5 days ago

        It was Blairmore in CNP.

        I hate driving so the prospect of driving half an hour to get groceries was torture.

        My condo has 3 grocery stores within walking distance and 3 low cost grocers within biking distance.

        I didn’t appreciate that until I moved away lol