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I lived in Calgary for a couple of years.
Demographics are NW quadrant = asian, NE quadrant = brown, SW = rich white people
SE = middle-class white people. Not as much east asians, lots of filipinos.

PRO:
Close to rockies
No PST
Cheaper gas
Cheaper housing
Learners license at 15, drinking age is 18.
Shawarma is better

CON:
High utility bills
Higher income tax until $150K
Restaurants and groceries are more expensive
High property taxes
High property & auto insurance, when ICBC went no-fault it narrowed the gap
Sunny but Cold AF, when they try to argue that the chinook warms things up, sure but it's also super windy so you can't even enjoy it.
Water is hard, you need water softeners
There is like no spring or fall, if it's not covered in snow it's brown landscape and it turns green for like 2 months.
Freak snowstorms from may-july
Air is dry, you need body lotion + humidifiers in your house BUT you need a dehumidifer in the winter otherwise you get an unique prairie problem called attic rain and ice damming that can wreck your house.
Can't own a nice car cause winter time the salt and gravel will destroy your windshield + front bumper + rust while in the summer you have to worry about huge hail storms.

The Alberta advantage is if you are in Oil & gas, healthcare or teaching as they pay significantly more than BC. But aside from housing costs, the monthly bills can catch up slowly to the price you saved on a house. The no PST is great and all if you buy a car every year or a ton of gadgets but most people don't and you can always roadtrip/fly to calgary for a shopping trip.