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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Just a couple quick points here. You thought Canmore sucked in the early 90's, but the Canmore of that day was what residents loved. Canmore wasn't Banff, it was a point of pride for many.Does that help you understand why they resist turning their home into what they tried to avoid?
As for telling the residents to STFU and deal with it, I think that's kind of bull####. The residents are who built the Bow Valley for you. They are the ones who established a community, took care of the ski hills, kept Banff running, and build a town where people knew each other and cared about it. And you are gleefully tearing that down, to create a town where nobody knows each other, or cares about anything, really. Their input is more valuable than theirs, because they live in it every day and continue to contribute tot he community, whereas weekenders show up, use whatever they want, and leave. The day to day of running the town is irrelevant to them. It is not to residents. This might be obvious, given that vast majority of residents oppose this expansion. Maybe instead of lashing out at them, you could try to understand it from their perspective?
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Canmore hasn't been the Canmore of the 90s for a long time. I had a good friend who lived there and hung out there, so I get that sentiment. The old Canmore has been torn down for a long time, and that Canmore is not coming back. The options are:
1. An isolated mountain community for rich residents; or
2. A slight larger community for the slightly less rich.