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Originally Posted by Russic
The thing I find about the north (at least where I was) is you have a dalhousie, a brentwood, a crowfoot, a northland mall and a market mall. 5 areas of shopping spread out over about 25 km. In the south if you can be near a 130th or a shawnessy you are pretty much set, as both offer all the services of the north 5 in one giant package. I love that I'm close enough that I can walk to shawnessy and get anything I need. I figured the traffic would be a nightmare, but I've noticed no real difference. Yes my options are more limited in the south, but I also don't need to drive as much for the reason mentioned above.
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Yep, that's the same with us. We put way less kms on our vehicles with how close everything is. Movie theaters, restaurants, shopping, grocery stores, road options (where we are, anyway)...the list goes on. We also walk to a variety of places now because of how close everything is versus the NW. I'm also in a lake community (Bonavista) and the lake adds quite a bit of quality to our leisure time.
I find the north to have way more construction right now (Country Hills Blvd in particular), but that's temporary and for the best long term.