11-06-2010, 03:52 PM
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#81
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by bossy22
If you have kids though, living downtown becomes their problem. They now have to take city transit to a school in one of the burbs, so instead of you traveling, your child is.
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That's a suburban myth  There are plenty of schools near the downtown core for all ages. Many are top ranked in the province.
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11-07-2010, 12:48 AM
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#82
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
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On the culinary note, there are a few good restaurants in Cochrane, namely the Blue Dog Cafe and the Salt & Pepper Mexican place right beside it. I've heard that the Omega place is pretty good, and they've now got two pretty nice Vietnamese places as well.
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11-07-2010, 07:11 AM
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#83
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Originally Posted by Rhyme
I've heard that the Omega place is pretty good, and they've now got two pretty nice Vietnamese places as well.
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Where's Omega? I Oliv'r Twist is really good. And so is Guy's Cafe. Especially after the new renos.
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11-07-2010, 06:49 PM
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#84
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Omega is gone and Oliv'r Twist took over. Guys is awesome!!!!!!!
The Cochrane movie house is great as well.
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11-07-2010, 06:55 PM
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#85
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Calgary
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Anybody know how to get crime stats for Cochrane?
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11-07-2010, 09:54 PM
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#86
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by stampsx2
Anybody know how to get crime stats for Cochrane?
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StatsCan shows no data on it. Too bad. That would be interesting to see.
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11-07-2010, 10:51 PM
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#87
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07-04-2011, 02:39 PM
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#88
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Draft Pick
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary
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Bump
Thinking about moving from High River to Cochrane, due to a possible change in employment in NW Calgary (curently working in SE Calgary, hence the High River location).
So I already love the small town atmosphere, fine with nothing being open late or on Sundays. We have two small children and love to be out in the mountains.
Any recommendations on neighborhoods or anything else that may be useful for us to help us make the right decision on moving.
Thanks
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07-05-2011, 01:14 PM
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#89
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Anything there is to do in Calgary. It's not much different distance wise than living in Tuscany or Lake Chaparral...  |
It's extra 15-20 minutes per trip from Tuscany to Cochrane. Might not seem like much but double that for a round trip and do it every day might be a different thing.
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07-05-2011, 01:26 PM
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#90
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Originally Posted by darklord700
It's extra 15-20 minutes per trip from Tuscany to Cochrane. Might not seem like much but double that for a round trip and do it every day might be a different thing.
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Sure. If you're doing it every day. Entirely depends on your situation. I wouldn't want to live in Chaparral and work in Crowfoot either.
If you're working in the NW, want to be closer to the mountains, and wants a smaller town to raise kids, as the poster who bumped the thread, Cochrane isn't a bad option, IMO.
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07-05-2011, 05:07 PM
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#91
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Rhyme
On the culinary note, there are a few good restaurants in Cochrane, namely the Blue Dog Cafe and the Salt & Pepper Mexican place right beside it.
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Salt and Pepper closed and moved to Inglewood now. Got a good indian place there now though, guys there now, used to own raj doot downtown before it changed IIRC.
One thing, if you're moving out there because of cheap lot prices, you need to take into account your increased vehicle costs. I used to live in the far north and then moved downtown(i don't work downtown) and i look at my old fuel bills for the month and my eyes go Yeah i drive a gas guzzling truck. but the difference between my gas bills from 2 years ago and now nearly cover my rent, and thats excluding wear and tear on my vehicle from those extra kms.
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07-05-2011, 09:06 PM
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#92
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A guy on my hockey team moved from airdrie to cochrane and he and his wife hated the whole small town feel of cochrane....they moved back
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07-05-2011, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Northendzone
A guy on my hockey team moved from airdrie to cochrane and he and his wife hated the whole small town feel of cochrane....they moved back
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Airdrie feels like a small town, just more red neck - reminds me of any small northern Albertan town. Cochrane feels like a small town that is a small town, with the smattering of yuppies that Airdrie doesn't have.
Seriously, I don't get how the 'vibe' in Cochrane can be too small town for someone from Airdrie, my head is esploding.
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07-06-2011, 12:14 AM
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#94
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Originally Posted by THE SCUD
Seriously, I don't get how the 'vibe' in Cochrane can be too small town for someone from Airdrie, my head is esploding.
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No Walmart
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07-06-2011, 12:14 AM
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Wucka Wocka Wacka
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East of the Rockies, West of the Rest
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Originally Posted by trudinator
Bump
Thinking about moving from High River to Cochrane, due to a possible change in employment in NW Calgary (curently working in SE Calgary, hence the High River location).
So I already love the small town atmosphere, fine with nothing being open late or on Sundays. We have two small children and love to be out in the mountains.
Any recommendations on neighborhoods or anything else that may be useful for us to help us make the right decision on moving.
Thanks
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07-06-2011, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by THE SCUD
Airdrie feels like a small town, just more red neck - reminds me of any small northern Albertan town. Cochrane feels like a small town that is a small town, with the smattering of yuppies that Airdrie doesn't have.
Seriously, I don't get how the 'vibe' in Cochrane can be too small town for someone from Airdrie, my head is esploding. |
I would way rather live in Airdrie than say...Radway, Boyle, Lac La Biche, Conklin...gross.
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07-06-2011, 12:37 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Back in Calgary!!
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Man you guys are city slickers....Airdire, Cochrane small town? Aren't they both technically cities?
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07-06-2011, 04:09 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: On my metal monster.
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Cochrane isn't really that big. I'd say Airdrie is a city though.
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07-06-2011, 07:45 AM
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#99
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Originally Posted by sa226
Man you guys are city slickers....Airdire, Cochrane small town? Aren't they both technically cities?
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Airdrie I think is. Cochrane is still classified as a town.
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07-06-2011, 08:48 AM
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#100
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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Airdrie I think is. Cochrane is still classified as a town.
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Airdrie - 29,000 people
Cochrane - 15,000 people
So while Cochrane is about half the size of Airdrie, I don't get how the feel can be that different - but to each his own.
On a side note, Cochrane was apparently incorporated as a town in 1971 and remains so, even with a population of 15,000. However, the Alberta Municipal Government Act (AMGA) classifies a city as having a population over 10,000 - So why isn't Cochrane a city yet? it's 50% bigger than the threshold for incorporation as 'the City of Cochrane'.
I imagine, much to the original argument's point, that the 'town' is trying to maintain it's small size and feel.
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