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Originally posted by fotze@Feb 13 2005, 09:45 PM
I've always wondered why people want to move so far out?
I'm curious, is it:
- A bigger house (i.e. more house for your dollar)?
- Better schools?
- A brand new house? No one ever living there before?
- Low maintenance due to the newness?
- Less traffic?
- Less hustle and bustle?
I guess if you work somewhere not downtown it is perfect.
I would just have so much trouble getting out of bed in the morning if I had to look forward to a 1.5 hour commute.
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-More house for your dollar, as well as a higher likelyhood that the interior is acceptable to the female species
-as the city grows, inner city communities lose their schools & new schools pop up in neighbourhoods with kids, which tend to be the outer lying communities where starter homes are affordable
-brand new house... You can choose your own floor plan, interior colours & finishings, the guys like to do the outdoor projects & there are many of them
-low maintenance due to newness, sometimes. Depends on how you look at it (considering the last point). Plus, like the old saying 'they don't make 'em like they used to', its not totally uncommon to encounter shoddy workmanship, but hey, there is likely to be plenty of maintenance wether your house is new or old. Some of it will be preventative, some will be reactive.
-There may be less traffic as you leave your community, but all that does for you is speed up the time it takes before you hit the traffic jam on Deerfoot or Crowchild