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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere
Shows how GDP per capita can be misleading. Oshawa having a GDP per capita of $36,000 is very off compared to the lifestyles there as much of the incomes in the area is generated in the Toronto CMA and therefor attributed to that CMA. Oshawa's median household income of $102,000 is actually higher than Toronto's ($97,000). It's just all generated in jobs located outside of the CMA.
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In this case I don't think it's the percapita GDP that's misleading so much as trying to compare the economics of actual separate metro areas with what's functionally more a suburb or satellite city. As with most comparisons, one needs to compare "like for like" in order for it to be useful. While the statscan policy of not combining CMAs that grow into each other is useful for many things, it actually hampers things in this case.
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