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Originally Posted by Ruttiger
And those of us that have spent large parts of our lives living in small towns as well as Calgary, and can't wait to get back to a smaller centre? Be careful you're not projecting your version of what's best onto the rest of us - everyone has their own criteria. And frankly, while I enjoy certain things that come with living in Calgary, I would downsize in a heartbeat if the timing was right and wouldn't look back.
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If you like living your life in close proximity to your house and around the same small group of people, you have that option in a city. You can take a neighbourhood like Lake Bonavista, say. There is a Safeway, skating rinks, parks, community center, banks, dentists, doctors, a lake, movie theater, some office buildings, a mall across the street, schools, etc. You could conceivably live your whole life in a one square kilometer chunk and be perfectly happy.
When, however, you inevitably need a hospital, specialized stores, social interaction beyond the dozen people you hang out with in your neighbourhood, a university, college (lookin' at you MRU), technical school, art school, zoo, science centre, amusement parks, etc. it's all at your doorstep in a city like Calgary.
In a small town you limit the opportunities for your kids and yourself. I can't understand why people live in them. It would be interesting to see statistics on the percentage of people from small towns who go on to post-secondary education, average age of getting pregnant, drug habits, etc. versus their counterparts raised in a city. I'm just going to go ahead and assume townfolk measure worse in every measure compared to cityfolk unless somebody cares to prove me wrong.