Should've moved to Fort Mac

[darklord700]

About 5 years ago, I got a job offere at Fort Mac which I turned down because the housing was expensive (average about $400K at that time). Looking back at this article, I should have made the move.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/Think+C...715/story.html

[Reaper]

Yeah, but you'd have spent all that time living in the rectum of the world.

[prarieboy]

You sure don't hear that everyday.

[habernac]

Left 16 years ago, don't regret it one bit. Missed out on the money, sure. Also missed out on the overcrowding, lack of infrastructure and pretty much total destruction of my childhood home.

[corporatejay]

You would have also developed a hell of a coke habit.

[Hack&Lube]

Remember, dollars don't equate to quality of life. If you were thinking that you could have maybe sold your home a couple years down the line and left Fort Mac, that could have happened in the Calgary housing market too.

[bomba]

what goes up, must come down!

[Hockeyguy15]

Comments like this make me laugh..."Should have moved to Fort Mac", "Should have been born earlier so I could have bought my house cheaper", "Should have worn a condom".

Suck it up, stop living in the past and enjoy what you have now.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by habernac

Left 16 years ago, don't regret it one bit. Missed out on the money, sure. Also missed out on the overcrowding, lack of women

fyp

[chalms04]

The Mac is a cruel mistress.

[BurningYears]

[Jordan!]

Or just get a $125,000 home with a pool in Arizona..

Get your green cards and join me! good stuff.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Have a lot of great and amazing memories from growing up there, and if you actually live there and make it a home its not as bad as people make it out to be.. But I wouldn't move back. The remoteness gets to me. The people who've "ruined" the city are the ones who just come in to work and leave, the drug users aren't the ones making a life there.


And oh.. Its not frigging "Fort Mac". Do you see a Mac anywhere in McMurray.

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

And oh.. Its not frigging "Fort Mac". Do you see a Mac anywhere in McMurray.

No, I don't see a Mac in McMurray. I also don't see women in McMurray.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Have a lot of great and amazing memories from growing up there, and if you actually live there and make it a home its not as bad as people make it out to be.. But I wouldn't move back. The remoteness gets to me. The people who've "ruined" the city are the ones who just come in to work and leave, the drug users aren't the ones making a life there.


And oh.. Its not frigging "Fort Mac". Do you see a Mac anywhere in McMurray.

Bingo. On both points. Nothing but a bunch of mercenaries up there now. It was once a great place for families. I don't see that anymore. 80% of my friends have left now.

[habernac]

And they shold call it the "Mic" as in McMurray.
;-)

[Komskies]

I caught some Property Virgins show or something of the ilk on TV the other day, and it made me really sad to see them looking at 2,600 sq/ft homes in St. Louis in the $100,00 to $120,00 price range.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

Or just get a $125,000 home with a pool in Arizona..

Get your green cards and join me! good stuff.

Isn't that pretty difficult, or do young Canadian professionals have a fast track?

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

Or just get a $125,000 home with a pool in Arizona..

Get your green cards and join me! good stuff.

I'd rather be dead in California than alive in Arizona.

[Bill Bumface]

In Fort McMurray you don't lose your girlfriend, you just lose your turn.