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A: HOUSING PRICES! they've totally skyrocketed in the past year and are at insane prices now. i suggest renting a place until the prices go down again. But then the other good this is that we dont have PST. only 5% GST. so i dont know, the housing is a downside but the no PST is an upside. :S (edit) Sorry, but i AUCTUALLY live in edmonton. Its NOT grubby and its NOT the murder capitol of canada (Toronto is! hello, its like twice the size of edmonton). Our winters are a bit colder but our summers make up for it.