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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
You've got it backwards. Big box retailers are being built because Okotoks is booming. It's booming because lots of people living there have high paying jobs in Calgary. It sure isn't the people working at the big box stores that are causing the town to boom.
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There's a market for big box retailers because of the surrounding population in all the nearby small communities. In fact the choice of the location for the new Costco came down to the Shawnessy area in Calgary or Okotoks. They chose Okotoks for the reasons I stated. Besides you don't need high paying jobs to shop at these stores
