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Originally Posted by Azure
There are probably upwards of 200-300 colonies in the Calgary/Red Deer area.
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Not true- there's only about 170 colonies in Alberta total. Alberta does have the highest number of colonies in all of Canada, with Manitoba coming second.
I grew up very near to a Hutterite colony in Manitoba- my mom taught at it - this was a very progressive colony with up to date everything - and the kids were allowed to go to Grade 12 and some went on to post-secondary. Most of the people there were the sweetest,nicest people - and then just like with every community you get a couple of jerks and alcoholics. I know that they wouldn't have an issue with pictures, but then again the Manitoba colonies (Schmedieuleut) tend to be a bit more progressive than the other sects, I think?