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Originally Posted by Sliver
Not sure if you guys have ever worked in the mountains, but the people do it to experience living in the mountains. That's what they get out of it. The actual jobs suck, but the perk is the mountain access and the only reason people work there. No, nobody is going to serve tables at Earl's in Banff, but live in Altadore in Calgary. That's preposterous. They'd just wait tables at the Earl's down the street and save themselves a brutal commute each way.
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Exactly. And that’s one of the charms of visiting the mountain parks - the lifties are Australians doing their world tour thing, the bartenders are mountain-bikers, and the waitresses are Quebecers who rock climb when they’re off work. And they all live in co-housing and have chlamydia.