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Originally Posted by stampsx2
Buying a house out there is cheaper too, bigger bang for your dollar no doubt. When i thought about the extra drive time in and and out of the city and additional fuel cost, it wasn't for me. Couple people at work drive into the city from strathmore. That's a bit crazy imo.
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Strathmore isn't much further away than Okotoks. If you work in the NE part of the city, it's actually closer. Since most of the trip is on the #1 as opposed to Deerfoot, I'd guess that the commute time into downtown from Strathmore is not much longer than from Okotoks.
The one that surprises me is that Beiseker is part of the Calgary CMA. In order to be included in a CMA, at least 50% of a community's population must commute into the central city, or 25% of the community's workforce must commute from the central city.
I used to work with a woman who lived in Beiseker and commuted into Calgary every day, and I thought she was crazy, but she must not be the only one who does it.