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Originally Posted by White Out 403
I married a Cape Breton girl almost 10 years ago. We never really thought about moving out here until Covid, and I started working from home. I have nothing against Calgary, but we couldn't afford a bigger house anywhere near the core. We enjoyed Cranston, but it isn't really Calgary, in my opinion. The biggest factor is family. I have a very small family, and since my mom passed, only my dad is left in Calgary. My brother lives across the country, but we don't really talk anyway. My wife has a lot of family out here, and they have kids, so my two kids have lots of cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. Not long after I accepted a voluntary package from my old company and we made the decision to move, my wife's older brother and his wife decided to move back home too. I never had any real family ties to Calgary, so it made the move easier.
I'm really lucky that my wifes family has a little place on the Mira. Every Friday after work now that the weathers nice we take a 22 min drive to the ocean, play with the dogs and the kids in the forest, and breathe in that salt air. Something about the water is like calming music for my eyes.
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I've visited Vancouver quite a few times in the last few years, and there's a lot I don't like about it. Traffic, weather, insane cost of living, but man I miss sea level air. My skin and sinuses feel so damn good after only a few days there, whereas Calgary you need humidifiers and so much damn moisturizer to feel comfortable