Originally Posted by Free Ben Hur!
Lol - I take it you are unfamiliar with the bronze haze that Calgary's river valley, including all of downtown, marinates in on many, many days a year?
I've lived in Sherwood Park for a decade and don't know if I've come across a single meth head. May have something to do with your line of work. This is a fairly affluent community, our bums drink Chivas here.
For as much as I wan't to move back to Calgary, because I think it's overall a better place to live and also where I grew up, when I get to thinking about the practicalities of day-to-day city life I wonder if a suburb in Calgary can offer this kind of convenience:
Distance from home to (per google maps):
2 minute drive / 11 minute walk:
Work (nearest commercial building to my house - 3 stop signs) / gas station / convenience store (x2 includes post office), Purolator, hair cut place (x 2), Neighbourhood Latte Sipping Station, liquor store / spa / vehicle registry.
3 minute drive:
Liquor Store / Fast food (x2) / Dry Cleaners / health clinic (includes xray's and lab) / neighborhood pub (x3), (Comedy Club, unfortunately, just shut down).
4 minute drive:
Golf course / Grocery Stores (Costco, Save On, Safeway), Fast food (x5), Drug store (x2) Family restaurants (Tilted Kilt, Famoso, Vietnamese place, Denny's, Joey Tomatoes, Boston Pizza, Ricki's).
5 minute drive:
Home Depot / Rona / Gym (x2) / Canadian Tire / Earls / Lowes/ Dentist / Doctor / another neighborhood pub / more fast food / 3 more latte sipping stations / Staples / UPS / hotel (x3)
Just about every commodity or service within about5 minutes or two kilometers. Something to think about if you are relocating to greater Edmonton.
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