# Calgary Alberta: observations by an Ontarian **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 29, 2007, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/calgary-alberta-observations-by-an-ontarian/103376 "2007-01-29T09:31:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
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> [@Silent Hill](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/silent-hill/6088/26): > > there are almost no taxes in alberta as well. > > [www.n-e-c-c.com](http://www.n-e-c-c.com) is the 240sx site out there, the scene is not as undeveloped. BC’s and Montreal’s scenes are way ahead of Ontario. Montreal is pretty much at the US level now. > > it is expensive to live there but its still better than Ontario. > > at least when you live in Alberta you know up front what you are getting into. > > $900 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment seems like a lot but it is just as much of your monthly after tax income as it is in Ontario, on a percentage basis, difference is you have more absolute dollars out there. your right, the BC car scene is crazy for sure… and I didn’t mean to imply that the alberta scene is just getting started, just that for drifting/lapping, they don’t seem to have as many events per year as we do. (eg. Dip, CSCS, D-ops, DriftStar, etc.) As for cost of living, yes it is the same as in TO. I got a sweet gig though, renting out a room for dirt cheap… So i have very little expenses, especially since my car stayed in Ontario lol. But you do have a way higher earning potential, and jobs are EVERYWHERE. Food/Gas/Utilities are the same as in Ontario. I’m here, I see it. gas was at 0.799 today. Bread cost $1.49, and milk is under $5. Timmies has interac here, and liquor/beer is sold 24/7 by privatized esablishments 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/calgary-alberta-observations-by-an-ontarian/103376)._