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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
I lived in Redcliff for the first 10 years of my life before moving out to Calgary, but I still went back to visit every year since my cousins still lived there, and you pretty much nailed it. I mean, not sure if it's the same anymore with the internet nowadays, but back in the 80's, they had one crappy public library, a small rec centre, 2 elementary schools, and 1 junior high. They didn't even have a high school as kids were bused to Medicine Hat instead.
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I dont know where small towns got their good, wholesome family reputation because thats a huge load of BS.
I know people who moved to Linden because its a nice small town where they can safely raise their kids away from the big, bad city. These people are in for a shock, sure it may be all fun and games now, but when their kids get older reality is going to kick them in the face.
Hell, I just had this conversation over the weekend with a girl and her friend who couldnt believe the number of times they were 'alone' (together) downtown Calgary at night!
Downtown Calgary. At night. Its not downtown Kosovo or anything, its Calgary. A handful of people were killed last year, so few its hardly worth mentioning, and most of them were killed in the suburbs!
I agree with Mike Milbury, the pansification of our society is becoming unreal. So these people are going to move to small towns, great, and then what? When their kids grow up and go to school and need to move to a city for University, what then? Will they need an armed guard? Will their parents move in with them? What happens when they get a job downtown just like daddy has? They're going to be woefully unprepared.
The only perceived benefit of moving to small towns is the lower cost of property, but that comes with its own costs in longer commute times and various other drawbacks.
The moral of the story is: Dont sell yourself the crap about moving out of the big bad dangerous city to raise your family in some haven of a small town. Its just doing you and your family a disservice.