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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Sliver, part of it is you have no understanding of the history of Canmore, and seem to have no interest in understanding it. The very reason Canmore is how it is now is because it has been continually railroaded by outsiders who promise one thing and do another. Their isn't housing for residents because those lies are never followed though.
I know you are just gonna scoff and huff, but here's the reality for many. They lived in Canmore when the industry was mining. The struggled mightily, as many mining communities did at the end. It certainly wasn't wining the lottery being born in Canmore, I remember many struggling years of lean times, and friends with parents on limited incomes. When the mine closed their was a real worry for the future of the town, but the Olympics changed that. But in that period of the early 80's to mid 90's Canmore didn't survive on tourism. What happened was that Banff became unaffordable and largely undesirable due to the tourism. People chose to live in Canmore and work in Banff. With the closure to new development, this was very common, and Canmore did well in this period. It wasn't screwed, and is a sign it would be just fine without being a weekend community(sorry for the offense, what do you want me to call it?). So you have a large portion of the population at that time keeping Banff functioning and tourists largely going there. Most locals spoke fondly of that arrangement at the time. Being able to get away from the busyness was a big benefit. And ya, this was peak Canmore. All the beauty, none of the drawbacks.
Well since then, the beauty has been replaced by condos and golf courses. Many local trails were lost, or closed due to proximity to golfers(they seriously complained about one trail being to close and distracting). So it's not just the condos, it's that their was a huge loss of outdoor terrain to use.
And I know! You don't give a ####! But many people do, and that's why they may be a bit resentful.
And honestly AirBnB's at least are occupied almost the entire year, giving more people the opportunity to see and be in Canmore, vs you and your crew who exclusively take up space but only use it a fraction of the time.
The reality is, the experience of Canmore is going to continue to degrade until it is Whistler. Busy, expensive, and devoid of youth and community.
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But why - in your version - does history only start when white guys came along and started blasting holes all over the mountains and dumping toxins into the river? That's such a hypocritical stance. It has always been evolving since Europeans first set foot there until this very day. You don't get to hit a pause button at Canmore's developmental stage that you liked best. That's fkn crazy, dude.
And if we're looking for some point in history where it was perfect for you, why don't you apply that same logic and move back a little further to when it was Indigenous communities living and migrating through the area? You honestly don't see what you're doing here? I can't believe that.
History doesn't start when the first black and white photos of miners abusing Chinese guys were taken (want me to post some links to how Chinese people were treated in Canmore? Recall HaLing peak's former name? Do you know who were given the most dangerous jobs in the mines?)? The history goes long before Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Canmore has an ugly history. It did not start in 1985 when it was super fun riding BMXs around with your crew.
And you keep bemoaning the loss of community in Canmore. It has changed, that's all. Like Calgary changed a bit when you moved here and then changed some more as others moved here (compared to how it was when locals grew up here until the "out of towners" descended upon our idyllic city).