{"id":4386,"date":"2014-04-01T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2022-01-06T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:28:27","slug":"cost-of-life-in-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/","title":{"rendered":"The cost of life in the suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ever want to know the cost of life in the suburbs? Our friends at MoneySense present a new study highlighting the often overlooked price of living in the suburbs: a second car.<\/h3>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneysense.ca\">MoneySense.ca<\/a><br \/>\nBy Stefania Di Verdi<\/p>\n<p>Think that house in the suburbs is cheaper than the house in the city? Not so fast, argues a\u00a0new report by\u00a0Sustainable Prosperity, a national research and policy network, based at the University of Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers estimate suburban households drive roughly three times as much as families close to the city centre resulting in hefty car ownership and fuel expenses. Eliminating one car from a Calgary household\u2019s bills for instance could net $10,000 a year. Multiply that over the life of a mortgage and suddenly that home in the \u2018burbs costs hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the sticker price suggests. Home buyers should consider the costs of more than just propriety at time of purchase,\u201d the report authors said.<\/p>\n<p><em>MoneySense<\/em>\u00a0followed two families last year to explore the benefits and pitfalls of suburban and city life.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneysense.ca\/property\/miles-apart-suburbs-vs-city\">Miles apart: suburbs vs. city<\/a>\u00a0is a great read if you\u2019re considering a move yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Urban sprawl also gives rise to a host of other socio-economic issues, as illustrated by this infographic created by\u00a0Jack Dylan of\u00a0Point Blank Creative\u00a0for\u00a0Sustainable Prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever want to know the cost of life in the suburbs? Our friends at MoneySense present a new study highlighting the often overlooked price of living in the suburbs: a second car. From MoneySense.ca By Stefania Di Verdi Think that house in the suburbs is cheaper than the house in the city? Not so fast, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override":[{"single_blog_custom":"","sidebar":"","second_sidebar":"","share_position":"","share_float_style":"","post_date_format":"","post_date_format_custom":"","post_reading_time_wpm":"","zoom_button_out_step":"1","zoom_button_in_step":"1","number_popup_post":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"","single_post_gallery_size":""}],"trending_post_position":"","trending_post_label":"","sponsored_post_label":"","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[408,440],"class_list":["post-4386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buying-a-home","tag-moneysense","tag-suburbs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The cost of life in the suburbs | Zoocasa Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A guest post from MoneySense about a new study highlights the often overlooked price of living in the suburbs: a second car.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The cost of life in the suburbs | Zoocasa Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A guest post from MoneySense about a new study highlights the often overlooked price of living in the suburbs: a second car.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zoocasa Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-01T13:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-06T17:28:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Zoocasa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Zoocasa\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/797314ca6279e6b154442b2f393e41b2\"},\"headline\":\"The cost of life in the suburbs\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-01T13:00:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-06T17:28:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"MoneySense\",\"suburbs\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Buying a Home\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/\",\"name\":\"The cost of life in the suburbs | Zoocasa Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-01T13:00:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-06T17:28:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"A guest post from MoneySense about a new study highlights the often overlooked price of living in the suburbs: a second car.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The cost of life in the suburbs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Zoocasa Blog\",\"description\":\"Home Buying &amp; Selling Tips, Real Estate Market Trends &amp; News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Zoocasa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zoocasa-square-logo-800x800px.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zoocasa-square-logo-800x800px.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Zoocasa\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zoocasa\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zoocasa\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/797314ca6279e6b154442b2f393e41b2\",\"name\":\"Zoocasa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52df2ab365fe05aa8984d92a1c9eb4b39956cf4bb370e3a3df1cc2242b6f3146?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52df2ab365fe05aa8984d92a1c9eb4b39956cf4bb370e3a3df1cc2242b6f3146?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Zoocasa\"},\"description\":\"Zoocasa is an award-winning prop-tech company and wholly owned subsidiary of eXp Realty Inc. LLC. Zoocasa uses data and technology to deliver an intelligent, end-to-end real estate experience. Zoocasa\u2019s insights and suite of digital tools, combined with the market expertise of its dedicated agents and team allows Zoocasa to set a new standard for full-service real estate. A 4-time winner of both the Financial Times' Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas and the Top Growing Companies in Canada by the Globe and Mail, Zoocasa continues to innovate on the home buying, selling and search experience online.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zoocasa\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zoocasa\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/zoocasa-com\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoocasa\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/author\/zoocasa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The cost of life in the suburbs | Zoocasa Blog","description":"A guest post from MoneySense about a new study highlights the often overlooked price of living in the suburbs: a second car.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The cost of life in the suburbs | Zoocasa Blog","og_description":"A guest post from MoneySense about a new study highlights the often overlooked price of living in the suburbs: a second car.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/","og_site_name":"Zoocasa Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zoocasa","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zoocasa","article_published_time":"2014-04-01T13:00:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-06T17:28:27+00:00","author":"Zoocasa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoocasa","twitter_site":"@Zoocasa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Zoocasa","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/"},"author":{"name":"Zoocasa","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/797314ca6279e6b154442b2f393e41b2"},"headline":"The cost of life in the suburbs","datePublished":"2014-04-01T13:00:44+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-06T17:28:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/"},"wordCount":229,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["MoneySense","suburbs"],"articleSection":["Buying a Home"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/","name":"The cost of life in the suburbs | Zoocasa Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-04-01T13:00:44+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-06T17:28:27+00:00","description":"A guest post from MoneySense about a new study highlights the often overlooked price of living in the suburbs: a second car.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/cost-of-life-in-suburbs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The cost of life in the suburbs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/","name":"Zoocasa Blog","description":"Home Buying &amp; Selling Tips, Real Estate Market Trends &amp; News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Zoocasa","url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zoocasa-square-logo-800x800px.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zoocasa-square-logo-800x800px.png","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Zoocasa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zoocasa","https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zoocasa"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/797314ca6279e6b154442b2f393e41b2","name":"Zoocasa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52df2ab365fe05aa8984d92a1c9eb4b39956cf4bb370e3a3df1cc2242b6f3146?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52df2ab365fe05aa8984d92a1c9eb4b39956cf4bb370e3a3df1cc2242b6f3146?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Zoocasa"},"description":"Zoocasa is an award-winning prop-tech company and wholly owned subsidiary of eXp Realty Inc. LLC. Zoocasa uses data and technology to deliver an intelligent, end-to-end real estate experience. Zoocasa\u2019s insights and suite of digital tools, combined with the market expertise of its dedicated agents and team allows Zoocasa to set a new standard for full-service real estate. A 4-time winner of both the Financial Times' Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas and the Top Growing Companies in Canada by the Globe and Mail, Zoocasa continues to innovate on the home buying, selling and search experience online.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zoocasa","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zoocasa\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/zoocasa-com","https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoocasa"],"url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/author\/zoocasa\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}