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Originally Posted by Table 5
Exactly. So if you work in Calgary, why drive 30mins extra each way to get the same experience?
I understand the benefits of country living (and you bring up lots of good posts), but it seems to all go out the window if you live in a suburban style house just like you would in the city.
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Yes, but I also pointed out that (in my specific case... I work off the Deerfoot and not downtown), living in any of the communities I just mentioned, would likely give me the same commute time door-to-door once I wrestle my way to a major artery. In Airdrie, I live on the major artery.
What is a suburban style house? As opposed to what? A hip 700 sq ft condo with no room to install a pegboard wall for my tools or park our two cars inside.
I don't consider any of those communities I mentioned, to be 'the city'. If the City Experience is what the argument is here... then you all best be living in Kensington, in a downtown condo or in that gorgeous area along 4th Street south of 17th Ave.
My house is quite nice. I had enough money left over, after putting 25% down, to install $9.30/sq foot hand scraped white oak floors and equip my kitchen with $14000 worth of appliances (which is what I had in Ontario, I like to cook... the quality of what is within my walls is extremely important to me because I walk on it and live in it).
These are the things that make me feel like I am enjoying a high quality of life.
If I had to buy a 1500 sq ft home in a desirable part of the actual city (my definition of the actual city), then I likely would have much less equity, or the same equity but I'd be cooking on a garbage electric range with a $500 Frigidaire to keep my food fresh and a rotary dial dishwasher.
**** that noise.