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Originally Posted by WCan_Kid
All depends on what you want. I couldn't possibly care any less about access to the stuff you mentioned, but I sure like having easy access to the mountains compared my friends in the city. I'm 1/2 hour to 45 minutes closer, depending on where they are in the city, to Castle or Fernie for skiing, Bragg Creek/K-Country for mtn biking and about the same time to Banff .
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While you are certainly closer to Castle or Fernie there is no way you are a 1/2 hour closer to Bragg Creek and "about the same time" to Banff than the majority of Calgary residents. Unless of course all of your friend in the city live in the deep NE...
While I have no experience living there myself the people I know that live in Okotoks are quite found of it. Compared to Calgary they seem to have much better access to recreation for their kids (ie, ice times, soccer, etc). That really all I can think of...
I've also noticed that the one personality trait you must have in order to enjoy your life in a "parasite" community is the ability to seriously underestimate how long it takes you to get places...
