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Originally Posted by Flames0910
Wow, the Internet really brings out the worst in people. You guys should mobilize and set up barricades at the city entrance/exit points if parasites (totally offensive term btw) make you so angry.
Calgary is a major metropolis - as such it's an economic hub and driver for the entire area. That includes bedroom communities, but it also includes outliers like Canmore, Banff and Fort Mac.
Of course the oil from Fort Mac also benefits us far more than it does the residents of the North and you don't see any Calgarians complaining about the unfairness there.
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I think it makes sense to things like this for suburban cities, so Calgary isn't overburdened. National parks have enterence passes to cover passes, so I don't think its outrageous for a suburban city.
Saying that... this does bring out the worst in people. What people whine and bitch about for a few hundread bucks. People should feel fortunate to live so well to complain about what they do. North America is (arguably) one of the best places in the world to live and there is a 5% chance of you being born into North America (~330M/7B) where you are given so many resources and opportunities. And then everyone bitches and whines over the smallest complaints. I live in the USA and spend less than 1 week a year in Canada, but because of my work visa, I pay USA taxes and Canadian taxes, and since I'm in the high tax bracket, so while everyone here whines about paying $600 for what they don't use, I'm paying probably the a year's worth of salary for some Calgarian's salary of this board to Canada ON TOP of paying USA taxes. But I'm not going to whine about it, because I feel fortunate to be given the opportunities that I have and received a fantastic education in Canada. If you pay a little extra for something you don't use, consider yourself fortunate such that you are given an opportunity to succeed because of where you were born/grew up/educated and that the success you enjoy because of it, you give back to the community.