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Best places to live 2010

Calgary, AB

Current Rank: 16 | 2010 Rank: 25
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 127,821 Houshold discretionary (%): 31.03
New cars (%): 17.31 Unemployment rate (%): 6.00
Population 2001 : 951,494 Population (% change '01-'06): 13.40
Population 2006 : 1,079,310    
Provincial income tax: 4 Provincial sales tax: 1
Housing
Average household price ($): 381,308 Time to buy (in years): 2.98
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 6.73 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 42
Transit: 10    
Crime
Crime severity: 84.50 Violent crime rate: 799
Total crime rate: 5477    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 2.25 Health professionals (% of pop.): 5.10
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 113.60 Precipitation (ml/year): 412.60
Days below 0C: 196.00 Ozone (parts per billion): 19
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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