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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Can that apply to spending a lifetime in Calgary, leaving, then coming back because you miss home but once you're there you long to leave again?
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Part of why I'm very torn up about potentially having to move is that I have lived a decade in Toronto and worked for long periods in cities in a variety of places across North America and a couple in Asia, so I have sampled a lot of grass (no, not that kind). Pittsburgh was an eye-opener, economically. If comparing Calgary to Detroit comes off as extreme, I genuinely worry we could be like Pittsburgh at the beginning of its prolonged economic slump. In fact I think I saw an article a couple years ago that our city hall was consulting with their city hall around learning lessons from their recent revitalization.
It's more in my nature as a born and raised Calgarian to want to stay and be a part of the solution, but I have family perspectives in that regard to consider, the raw math of household financials & opportunity cost/alternative scenarios, and the fact that even if I did stay and do everything I can to fix things up I'm one person. It seems like there's a decent likelihood doing so would be futile at this point.