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Originally Posted by jaydorn
I'm legitimately not trying to bait you into anything, but having lived in the Killarney/Glenbrook area previously, what appeal did the burbs have for you in terms of raising your kids?
Seems to be a very well developed/safe area of the city, just wondering what you felt it was lacking in terms of family amenities.
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The lake. Lake activities can actually become ingrained in your lifestyle. People travel several hours and tie up hundreds of thousands in second properties or pay thousands per year to vacation by a lake. When you live in a lake community, you get home from work, throw on your flip-flops and board shorts, and walk over to your lake. You're instantly in vacation mode. Dive off the dock, go for a canoe, play some tennis...all the things you'd do at a resort are suddenly in your backyard, being used daily, at essentially no cost. I could never live in an area without them. I truly think you're short-changing your life to live outside of a lake community.
I have a buddy who lives in Kensington and always sings its praises. I like KP and used to hang out at The Yardhouse a lot. I like the treats and stuff around there. But they have nothing on a lake. I'm bored spending two hours in Kensington and I certainly wouldn't want to go there more than one day in a row. If you like shopping and browsing expensive craft stores all day on the weekends and after work, it's great it's there. If you're a more active kind of person that likes getting outside and having fun, lakes are where it's at.