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Originally Posted by Locke
I still think theres a fair amount of resentment regarding the fact that they use infrastructure that they dont pay for.
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That's a problem in Calgary as well.
If you live on the outskirts and drive to work downtown or take the train, you are using a ton of infrastructure compared to someone who lives close enough to walk to downtown, yet probably pays double the taxes.
I blame our municipal and provincial governments for not having fair taxation in place.
I'll never question the actions of someone who makes a decision to provide what they deem important to their family and save a buck.
The only actual thing I dislike is people who ignore their actual costs of ownerships for homes and vehicles or the value they put on their time when deciding where to live. Both sides of the debate always ignore the negatives of their situations, and people that are actually up the middle about it and honest about their decisions draw no ire from me.
The rest of it is all for fun. All you have to do is pick up a copy of the Sun or mention you like the Peace Bridge in public to have people jump all over you for sporting an erection at the sound of any word resembling "Nenshi", and it's pretty obvious there is a bit of an inner city vs. suburb/exurb rivalry in Calgary.
I do mostly ignore people that haven't tried both though. I've tried 20km from downtown and 2km from downtown. For myself, and my family, I can definitively say which one works better for us.
Now back to making fun of Airdrie everyone...