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Originally Posted by Sled
Airdrie is the ideal community to raise a small family in. If your looking for the urban condo, cocktails every other night and social night life full of trendy pretenders then stick to downtown Calgary. For the remainder of us folks who live your average life style, spouse, kids and dog(s) this place is great.
The only knock against the city is the selection of restaurants. In the past year it has improved and with the Balzac outdoor mall it should tie up that loose end soon.
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Thing is, you can get all that and more from almost any other Calgary community. Aidrie is too big and sterile to have the charm of a small town, but not small/interesting enough to bypass all the drawbacks suburban living.
Never mind the fact the city feeds off of Calgary's economic and transportation networks, and yet fails to pay it's fair share of taxes. The town is more of a leech than anything.
If you're idea of a good restaurant experience is going to the ballzac mall...well, then i think we're coming at things from very different angles. Atleast in Calgary you have lots of nice little family run restaurants to choose from, and don't always have to pack the kids into the car to do it. What's the upside of the mall, ample parking?