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That study assumes a lot (suddenly you have a 2 car household if you live in the suburbs vs 0 cars in the city?), looks at averages, analyzes two things that pe
by nck4222 10y ago
That study assumes a lot (suddenly you have a 2 car household if you live in the suburbs vs 0 cars in the city?), looks at averages, analyzes two things that people spend money on, and only considers Vancouver and its suburbs.
That's not quite enough to support the blanket statement "living in the suburbs is not cheaper than living in a city."
As someone who's in this situation right now, I can guarantee you that moving out of my city is the frugal option.
- Tiktaalik 10y agoThe article mentions two car household etc but the actual data comes from the national census where people simply report how much they spend on transportation. There's no assumptions made about what people's commutes are or what their transportation mode is. People just spend more on transport in the suburbs. The reason is for this is because many of these suburbs are wholly designed for the car and that's the only viable transportation option for anything and the car is the most expensive form of transportation.