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Originally Posted by Canuck-Hater
Agreed. That place can't be good for quality of life. Is the air even breathable in Fort Mac? Surely there must be better places to live.
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Their first impression of the northern Alberta boomtown is positive.
"We love it. Very friendly; we're very happy," says Angeline. "This place was built by people like us. They came with nothing, looking for a better life, and they remember that."
This is a fairly garden variety story. Not exactly The Grapes of Wrath.
In my early years, I did something similar three times before finally settling in the Calgary area on the fourth try. I don't think I'm that unusual.
It's critical for any economy for labour to be transportable. The world needs more people like them, willing to pack up and go where the jobs are.
One difference in the 2000's versus the recessions of the early 1980's is that more households are two-person incomes. One person may be unemployed but the other person is settled into a career . . . . . which makes the movement of labour more difficult and creates more stresses in the economy.
Good for them. Again, not too unusual though.
Cowperson