Goodbye Suburbs

Thank GOD for it too.

Found an apartment to rent, a year long lease, cost per month (sit down) $1409.00 a month. If you're reading this from outside of Calgary, you'll think it's a crazy price. If you live in Calgary and you've spent any time looking for a place to live, you'll recognize it's a deal. It's a 2 bedroom unit in a downtown neighborhood (4th Street area)

Renting in Calgary is best described as pure hell. I called better than 50 people, more than 50% of them were ignorant & rude. They don't return your calls. They don't care about you. They also exaggerate how "nice" their building is. There really is no place to rent out here. In one case, a unit in The Mission I had applied for...was given to someone else because they offered to pay MORE for the unit. That's right, the tenant asked to pay more. I heard of another person who was asked to leave after her lease ended so they could rent to someone else. She had two kids. Nice eh.

Typically, a 1 bedroom rents for 1200 out here. A two bedroom for 1400 to 1900, unless you live in the North East or along International Ave in the SE. Once you live here, everything else seems like a deal. Even The Beach in Toronto seems like a deal.

So if you're wherever in Canada & thinking of coming here think really hard. If you aren't in a high paying career type, you're better off living where you live and making 10 bucks an hour. Calgary isnt' a bad city, but the costs are incredibly high & finding a place to rent is almost impossible. I can't imagine how people making 30-40K that are single survive here. It would be impossible.