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You just outlined all the problems. The limited amount of people while nice is essentially classist and in general I don’t like that so while I’m relaxing start to think about how building a fence around a space to exclude me from interacting with parts of society I don’t like is morally wrong.
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Meh, don't hate the player; hate the game. I personally don't have a problem with buying into a little club. The cost of the lake facility in lake communities is shared by so many thousands of people that you don't pay a material premium to get into them versus average home prices in Calgary. If you can afford a home in Calgary, you can afford a home in a lake community in Calgary. They're accessible to virtually everyone.
If you're talking about classist wastes of space, let's talk about private golf courses. Use way more space, way worse for the environment, accessible to way fewer people, and cost way more money to access.
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The water fall loses all its magic when you realize a bull dozer put a bunch of rocks in and the water source is a pump recirculating the water so the fecal matter won’t anaerobically decompose. As opposed to a real waterfall where you contemplate millions of years of time passing and etching every part of what you see and it challenges your insignificance in the world.
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Wow, what a shame for you that you can't appreciate things made by man. Ever been to Europe? The cathedrals are breathtaking. Ever been in a castle? Mind blowing. Even Banff Springs Hotel is something to behold if you want something to appreciate closer to home.
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So while you enjoy you boat onto the Island the alternative is to go into fish creek hike through the water to a spot where you can no longer tell you are in the city and look at the tall sandy banks and contemplate how the last few floods changed this land scape.
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I'm not sure if you know this, but you can enjoy man-made things
and natural beauty.
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A lake community is like frozen yoghurt. Mankind’s achievement of making something that isn’t as good as the original just so they can have more
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Frozen yogurt is good.