The Best City to Live In is....

[Japher]

Is Central Park bigger than Calgary?

Who knows... but I think more ppl live in Central Park than in Calgary

[GePap]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Is Central Park bigger than Calgary?

No.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Japher


Who knows... but I think more ppl live in Central Park than in Calgary

Maybe

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Asher
Worked for me.

It was in your cache.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Asher
Because we pay less taxes.
Because we're richer per capita.
Because we lead a better life with a higher quality of life.

Canada has a much lower PPP per capita income then the US and PPP is the only valid way to compare income across international lines. http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/GNIPC.pdf

Tax rates are another questionable issue. Corporate tax rates are lower in most states of the US then in Canada while income tax rates are very close (45.4% to 43.4%). The income tax rate varies very widely in the US though and some states don't even have an income tax so it really depends on where you live.

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/TaxFacts/TFDB/TFTemplate.cfm?Docid=107&Topic2id=95

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/TaxFacts/TFDB/TFTemplate.cfm?Docid=306&Topic2id=95

Quality of life is another questionable one which is highly subjective depending upon what you like. The per person pollution rate is likely very close in both the US and Canada while many states (California, Washington, Hawaii) have environmental laws more stringent then you'll find in Canada.

Lastly schools largely depend upon which state and which city you live in. My school district did a great job and the college attendance rate was above 90%. Also I'll stack up my state's higher education system against Alberta's or even all of Canada. Both the UC and the CSU systems are world class.

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[Asher]

Originally posted by GePap
And yet the last two bits are utterly unrelated to the qualities of the City. Oh, the Irony.

Given the generally high rate of immigration into NYC, its obviously a more desireable place for more people to live in than Calgary. I always thought you were some sort of believers in the markets. Well, people vote with thier feet to go to NYC, well, at least the ones that matter...

Look at the immigration rates to Calgary, I guarantee they're higher than that to NYC.

[Asher]

Originally posted by GePap
As for the universal health care and actually half your stuff, it has more to do with the government in charge than the benefits of the actual City. If people in Calgary have to pay less taxes it because they had the luck to live near oil. Nothing to do with the actual worth of piss ant Calgary.

It has everything to do about it.

It's about the livability of a city, which doesn't just include munincipal governments, it goes to provincial and federal as well. You need to look at the big picture of living in a city, not just pick and choose so it looks favorable to New York...

[Asher]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Canada has a much lower PPP per capita income then the US and PPP is the only valid way to compare income across international lines. http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/GNIPC.pdf

You missed the point completely.

Look at the average debt load of the average New Yorker compared to someone from Calgary. It's not even close.

Look at the average expendable income compared to the consumer price index. It's not even close.

It's not just about income. People in the US make more but also have higher costs of living...that's a very well known fact...

Lastly schools largely depend upon which state and which city you live in. My school district did a great job and the college attendance rate was above 90%. Also I'll stack up my state's higher education system against Alberta's or even all of Canada. Both the UC and the CSU systems are world class.

I lived in California for 4 years, in a very nice well-to-do Bay Area suburb. I know first hand the difference in quality in education, and I can tell you it is not even close to the quality of Calgary's.

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[Japher]

another one of a guy pissing in a river

what is it with us Americans!

I, for one, always make sure there's no cameras around before I do that.

[Asher]

The average annual growth rate of Calgary (in terms of population) over the past 5 years has been 2.4% (Edmonton, by comparison, is 0.8%). The city area now has over a million people. Source: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:F...ient=firefox-a

The average annual job growth rate of Calgary is 2.9%.

The average annual growth rate of New York over the past 5 years is 0.24%. Source: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/...ty04table2.xls
The average job growth rate of New York is 1%. Source: http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/press...05-09-105.shtm

[Asher]

Originally posted by Oerdin

Is this a joke?

[GePap]

Originally posted by Asher

Look at the immigration rates to Calgary, I guarantee they're higher than that to NYC.

And you would be wrong. Which is no surprise.

http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/Immigration/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&View=1&Table=1&StartRec=1&Sort=2&B1=Counts

21% of Calgary's population was foreign born in 2001

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3651000.html

35.9% of NYC's population foreign born in 2000

[Asher]

Immigration is not Foreign Immigration.

Sorry, GePap. But nice try.

How it works in Canada is foreign immigrant either come to Vancouver or Toronto, and then people from all over Canada come to Calgary once they realize it's actually a better place.

Cities like New York and Toronto have higher international profiles for foreign immigrants.

Not to mention jobs in Calgary tend to require more in terms of degrees, etc. It'll be easier to find a job as a foreign immigrant with no certified degree in New York or Toronto than here. Once they get qualified, they can upgrade.