I'm selling a house in Fireside that I lived in for about 6 months (house is 1 yr old). Let me know if you're interested!
Cochrane:
- close to the mountains, which I LOVED. This made the commute worth it to me. I could bike anywhere in Kananaskis within 15 minutes, which made my weekends AWESOME. If I wasn't working by Race City I would have for sure stayed there.
- commute was ok on the highway, but I found Hiway 8 had a TON of deer and elk on it. At least once a week I saw roadkill
- Commuting on the #22 to Hiway 1 was very busy from 7:30-9AM. Opened up once you hit the #1 though. Commuting from the other side was ok, but Crowchild still has a few construction pinch points
- it's windy as all hell sometimes.
- taxes on a $350k home were $1500 I believe
The thing that kind of sucked was the lack of decent restaurants, and pretty average pizza. I went to Bragg Creek for my za (Powderhorn Saloon). Apparently they don't have a lot of low income housing, so they have trouble staffing the Tim Hortons and other fast food. Walmart is opening soon though, so that is going to increase shopping options beyond just a safeway.
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