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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
Which is a good reason to not want to drive another 60km a day to and from work.
Living walking distance from the river, trails on a hill with a great view of the river and downtown and living within 1km of about 15 restaurants all sound like things you could enjoy after spending all day in your car. For you to do anything at night it's back into the car for you, which doesn't appeal to me.
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It's not my car I spend my time in, it's a company vehicle.
Either way, unless you have a crap job in retail, you're spending your day sitting in a chair of some sort. What's the difference if it's in a car or an office?
Also, did you skim my post or actually read it? It's ok if you skimmed it, I don't fully read half the stuff I respond to either, so it's ok.
I said that, at night, after work... I don't care to go back out. I want to be at home, cooking, relaxing and being boring. I only work 4 days a week anyways, so I have 3 days off to go play as far away from the city as possible.
Also... from where I work, I would have to live in the NE, SE (closer to the NE) or right downtown in a 400 sq ft closet to make any significant difference to my commute time.
I am on the Deerfoot in less than 4 minutes of leaving my driveway... like I said, it's 22 minutes to get to work and if I finish work before 3:30, it's 22 minutes to get home. Find me a commute to Deerfoot & Paigan, that... door-to-door is truely 22 minutes and is in a desirable elitist area (because I'm an anti-social snob) where I can own a brand new home, spec'd the way I want it. It's hard... MacKenzietown, maybe... but there isn't much there if you're looking to walk around an area that makes you feel like you have a life and you're 'out there' being metro.
I bet if I lived over near Signal Hill or Aspen or Montgomery... I'd be looking at a much longer commute time wise with all the traffic lights (distance would be shorter I understand that).
Why can't city folk bend their mind around the advantages of living in a 'parasite' community? I thought city folk were all wide-open-minded liberals?
I despite cosmopolitan anything and I only subscribe to the multicultural mindset in very specific doses... but I'm open minded enough to recognize the advantages of living in a city for the people that embrace those things and see them as attractive qualities.
Need a nice view? I look out my back balcony and see rolling canola fields with a Rocky Mountain Backdrop. I'm sure it's every bit as nice, to some people, as the Calgary skyline (which I also think is attractive).
The OP is looking for more sqft'age for the $. The OP is married, so I doubt he's going to be out chasing tail and trying to bring it back home before it sobers up and gets moody.
There's a good dose of multiculture here, in terms of people... you just need to crane your neck around the fat arses at Walmart to see it as it is often blocked by cellulite and stretched out gunts.