Further to my previous points, I'm not calling out anyone for living far from downtown. If you don't mind the commute and find it worth while for what you're getting where you live, I don't blame you.
I used to live very close to the edge of the city. My place was cheap, my taxes were cheap. I was never in denial that the 7 (SEVEN!) interchanges they built on Crowchild or 3 LRT stations were paid for by people never seeing the benefit, and that a good chunk of the users were from Cochrane and weren't paying a dime for any of it which they used every day (different discussion).
I always knew it wasn't fair, but took advantage of it until such a time came where I decided my lifestyle better fit a different location.
I never would have complained if taxes were majorly adjusted and my resale tanked a bit.
Frankly, the thing that can really help all of this is a massive increase in gas prices and transit prices from the edge of town combined with a revised property tax system.
Until then I don't blame anyone with a bunch of kids feeling like they might as well take advantage of the disproportionately low cost of living on the edge of the city.
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