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Originally Posted by foshizzle11
Do you live there? Have you lived there?
Maybe one of the best cities on earth to visit but not to live. The cost of living is astronomical and the weather stinks most of the year. So much rain, I lived there and there were like months without seeing the sun. I played outdoor sports there, you get wet and soaked, everything is musty all the time in the winter months. Just no.
I would pick Calgary over Vancouver in a heartbeat. Saying that, we are thinking of moving away from Calgary here in the next few years, want to be out in a smaller town in the mountains since I can work from anywhere.
If I was to raise kids, I would move to a small town also. We have friends who live in Nanton and they are raising 4 kids right now and the town is like a group of parents raising all the kids together. All the kids can roam the neighborhoods, it isn't rare to see like 10 to 15 kids riding bikes together and doing kid stuff. I don't see that in the city anymore. I feel like the suburbs here, nobody talks to each other, neighbors care about themselves only it seems.
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I have always told my kids that if you find yourself rather poor financially, just move to a small town to increase your quality of life.
When I was a kid, my family moved from Toronto to Trenton, and my world expanded enormously. Instead of only knowing a few of the people on our street, I now knew half the people in town and felt more a part of the community. I was able to go hunting and fishing, enjoy sports, etc. and get to know a lot of great people. Even to this day I am in touch with kids I grew up with in town.
I feel that what is most important is not where you live, but what you put into the community you live in. I get a rather nostalgic feeling at christmas time when I watch all those christmas movies, which generally take place in small towns.