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Originally Posted by Muta
Well, I think you're being overdramatic here, but I digress. People sure like to dissect things word-for-word on message boards.
But, I do strongly believe that unless you're in the suburbs for monetary reasons, there's little reason why one would choose to live that far out.
Inner City: Aside from the eased commuting headache, there's simply more cultural venues to visit, more entertainment outlets central to the city core, more restaurants, more diversity - especially with people! So many more interesting types live central to things, or so I've found... and that doesn't just include Calgary, it also includes other cities that I've been to, including living in Auckland. And no, entertainment outlets are not just big-ass mainstream movie theatres, which seem to be a signature development of the suburbs these days. There's small venues and undiscovered places that need to be explored which are, safer to say, usually downtown. But alas, I think those points have already been made fairly evident in this thread.
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Well monetary reasons would prob be the big one...and the truth is..most people in the burbs are families and nothing you have listed in your pros about the innercity is on any families mind when they chose were to live. The inner city is for only for a select group of people, usually under 35 , exependable cash, possibly unmarried, and def no kids...which describes me and have lived in the inner city for 7 years now...and i love it...i coudnt imagine living in the burbs at this point ....but if i was to start a Family....i would like to have a home over a condo...just my preference, in fact apparently alot of peoples..whether that is out in Cranston or Valley Ridge i dont know...hopefully its in Elbow Park or Mt Royal...but nothing sells there for less than 1.5 million...