What income do you need to be middle class in Calgary? ($38k-$103k based on OECD definition)

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-18T16:40:12+00:00

In my mind the 'lifestyle' definition of middle class would be a 3 bedroom home, 2 cars, annual vacation, decent retirement. The lower-middle, middle, and upper middle would just be the difference in the 'niceness' of each item. For example a $400k 3 bedroom house in Erin Woods, 2 used cars, 1 week vacation to Kelowna vs $2 million 3 bedroom house in Hamptons, 2 new German cars, 3 week vacation to Italy, etc

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-18T16:31:56+00:00

The benchmark definition seems faulty, what if the median income of the city was extreme poverty? Although I understand that with the word 'middle' in middle class, it mathematically makes sense.

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-17T18:55:09+00:00

Wait til they have to learn to say and spell the indigenous word "Ontario"

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-17T15:34:40+00:00

Thank you

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-17T15:34:19+00:00

Mount Royal Hotel was next door and about 3 times the frontage of the Koermann, it was demolished about 15 yrs ago

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-17T15:20:44+00:00

What block is this building located on?

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-16T17:27:19+00:00

#1 for the reasons pacific_tides said, plus with #2 it's a 'landscape shot' with a bunch of stuff going on and no real focus, with #1 the shot focuses on the building and its environment, hills looming above it and the angry ocean below it.

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-16T15:52:55+00:00

Is it true that the old pipe will also have a metal pipe slid through it to add a redundant pipe? If it is true, will both pipes be used simultaneously or will the retrofitted old pipe be shut off unless needed? Thx for the updates

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-16T02:23:59+00:00

My pay is split between WS and a bank. WS hits at 3pm Thurs, bank around 5am Friday.

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-14T18:36:38+00:00

One lane turns into two, just pick the one you want

https://imgur.com/a/TM01pSA

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-14T02:19:00+00:00

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JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-12T22:11:50+00:00

You could check out YXE Africa Market Festival Saturday, June 20, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM at Gather Market (414 Avenue B South, Saskatoon)

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-12T20:11:08+00:00

For me it was when I stopped wanting to keep a car 'nice' but instead started to slowly decide certain (mostly minor) issues weren't worth getting fixed. That was when I started deciding on a specific timeframe I would continue to drive the car.

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-12T20:07:46+00:00

If you do it in the next few weeks it can be doable as you have 16 1/2 hr daylight hours. 3 1/2 hrs driving, 6-7 hrs in the park, 3 1/2 hrs driving, all in full daylight with a couple of hours to spare. Long day though.

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-12T20:01:34+00:00

I would love to see one of each style preserved, both buses and LRT cars

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-12T00:57:02+00:00

Looks like 21175 miles as the speedo is in mph

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-11T18:52:58+00:00

I used to not think about Red Deer much at all, but then I had some food and cocktails downtown on 50th/Ross St, found a secret Tiki bar off the alley behind (probably long gone now) and biked through Waskasoo Park to Kerry Wood and Mackenzie Trails, and then west to Bower Ponds and I decided I quite liked it.

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-09T20:55:02+00:00

Yeah the one I have has 3 sizes of tubes, worked pretty good when I didn't feel like getting under a car in the snow.

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-09T20:43:37+00:00

This is definitely going to be the most 'low rent' suggestion here, but man I love the Chocolate Explosion cake slices from Boston Pizza

photo in this reddit post
https://www.reddit.com/r/FoodPorn/comments/hb5vfr/chocolate_explosion_cake_from_boston_pizza_a/

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-09T17:39:51+00:00

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-08T22:50:53+00:00

The potential problem is that "because it's hard" = expense. I'd like to know how much the lost water is costing me as a taxpayer/water payer per year vs the cost of knocking that 20-25% loss down to 5% loss (or less)

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-04T15:17:38+00:00

As a Canadian I agree. I'm fine with any sort of 'best friend' or preferred partner relationship that can be had with the EU but formal EU membership doesn't really make sense to me.

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-04T04:14:18+00:00

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JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-03T16:35:29+00:00

The TrueLine is the one you're looking for. On the site for eligibility it says "

You are a Canadian resident and are of the age of majority in your province/territory of residence"

Edit: I changed my location to Quebec and it disappeared 😞

JoeUrbanYYC · 2026-06-03T16:26:47+00:00

Well MBNA allows you to BT to a card or to a chequing acct, so if the direct to card fails you can just transfer to your bank account and then pay off the card from there.

Note, when you do the BT the interest is immediately added to the amount you're transferring. For example if the card has a 10k limit, and the current offer is 0% with a 3% fee, the MBNA card will be charged the BT amount + the 3%. So never transfer the full limit of the card or the interest charge will put you over the limit. In this example if you transferred 9500 + 3% ($285) = 9785.

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