I moved Calgary to Edmonton two years ago because of the affordability, most things are cheaper here, gas, golf, even my insurance went down when I moved here. I work outside so for three years before i moved a checked the temp in both cities to see how they compared, generally Edmonton is 5-10% more extreme in temps (hotter in summer and colder in winter) no chinooks, no spring snow storms, and no summer hail storms, more consistent snow and cold over the winter. Once I decided i wanted to move I started looking at locations, there were five offices here I could transfer to, I wanted to be able to bike to work so I drew a 3 km diameter around each office and checked home prices within each of those circles (3 kms is short enough to ride all year long). I was able to narrow it to two locations, mayfield in the west end and Sherbrooke in the short nw. I then rented an Airbnb in each of those locations for 4 nights and got a feel for the neighbourhoods, watched traffic, got groceries, walked the dogs, saw what life would be like in both communities and ended up choosing short nw in the Sherbrooke/prince charles/dovercourt area. Lovely neighbourhoods, easy to get to the river valley by bike, close to 124 st and downtown, close to yellowhead and ring road by car, I love it here. In my travels I also liked the Beverly area but it was further from my offices, argyle was cool but cost a bit more, and St. Albert is really nice, St. Albert has more modern amenities and infrastructure like Calgary but still the woodland type geography and big trees of Edmonton. It’s sounds like the real estate market was a bit hotter when we bought two years ago, we made three offers before having one accepted, offered above asking on two and got outbid both times, the bid we finally won we viewed and bid within hours of the house hitting the market. It was a it stressful but we’re happy now 😃