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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
Would these communities be booming without proximity to Calgary? No, they're parasites living off the opportunities provided by Calgary.
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The town of Okotoks is booming right now with the addition of all the big box retailers being built (Wal Mart, Home Depot, etc). The latest being a Costco that opened a few months ago - with a gas bar and liqour store added to it.. With me living in High River it's getting to a point where I don't have to travel to Calgary anymore to do my shopping. In fact it's attracting a lot of Calgrians from the deep south of Calgary. Much easier to drive to Okotoks than fight the traffic in Calgary to get where you want to go.
As it stands now most of my trips to Calgray are to either visit friends and relatives or for trips to the Rockview hospital to see 2 specialists that I have to see on a regular basis. Our hospital is a fraction of the size of those in Calgary and offer a fraction of the services, thus the trips I have to make.