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Originally Posted by Sliver

So what, though?

I have friends who grew up in Edgemont pseudo-mansions that live in little bungalows as adults because they can't afford to live where they grew up.
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Do you think people have a birthright to Canmore? If so, why does that just start in the 80s and 90s? Why not before then...you know, when the First Nations called it home?

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Why - just because somebody had the good fortune of being born in Canmore - do they get to stay (in your mind) before somebody new gets to love in?

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Should there be more housing in Canmore for all the displaced Canmorites? Fkn complain to full-time residents. They are the ones who vote down housing expansion. There is a housing crunch and increased prices because the residents (I'm not allowed to vote since I'm a part-timer) constantly vote, and bitch/complain against new builds.

I've said it before, but it bears repeating. Canmore people are the MAGA screechers of Alberta chanting 'build a wall.' It's the same mindset. They're just missing the red hats. FYGM instead of MAGA, though. They're selfish, self centered, exclusionary and completely ignorant to how every other facet of our system of freely being allowed to buy anything we want in this country works. We're allowed to buy a place in Canmore. Canmore people need to respect their neighbours - and part time neighbours - as fellow Albertans, Canadians and humans, frankly. The vitriol is out of line and immature.

Who wouldn't want a vacation property in Canmore? If you love the mountains, love skiing and love biking around and then catching an awesome meal at a wicked restaurant then there's nowhere better in our parts.

Sadly, it's too expensive for everyone to get to enjoy, but thems the breaks, I'm afraid. Canmore need to wrap their heads around this like everyone everywhere else does when this exact same thing happens elsewhere.

Go price out a cabin in Whistler in 1992 and then price it out now. Wonder if it has gone up.

Take any random condo in Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, etc and do the exact same thing. Let me know if you see a pattern that mimics Canmore's real estate issues.

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I really hope Canmore people are able to reflect on their build-a-wall / dey take 'er jaabs mentality at some point. It's ludicrous and it's rude.

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Canmore people are victims, but only in their own heads. They have elevated their needs, gripes and desires above everyone else's.

Best revenge is doing whatever we can to fk them over, though. Just bought a fridge. Avoided Canmore stores and went to HK e Depot in Calgary. I will not support these pricks that loath us. For every sneer I get from a Canmore jerk, I plot an asymetrical revenge to pluck a dollar out of their community and out it somewhere else. Right down to grocery shopping in Calgary to make sure I'm contributing as little to the Canmore economy as possible. Took me a couple years with my place there to get to that point...we started off being so excited to be apart of the community, but holy cow are these people #######s to us.

I have several Calgary friends with places there. Everyone has gone through the exact same trajectory. It's another funny thing about the locals. They constantly shoot themselves in the foot. I love it.

Holy ####, Sliver.

This is why you want a spear, isn't it?