14 million live in the Alps. 300,00 in the Canadian Rockies.
It is interesting to speculate though. If we could build more mountain towns, where would they go? The Eastern Slopes are pretty much all protected and treaty land from Willmore to Waterton. The only part not protected is around Grassy Mtn and the CNP.
Near Highway 1X. Or more likely would be a Redwood Meadows kind of thing somewhere on the Stoney lands
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Sliver I have never agreed with you more than I do after the last couple posts (even if you were more passionate than I would be).
This world is in a constant state of change, and the rate of change is often dizzying, and it can be tough to keep up with. However it is each of our responsibilities to keep up with it as best as we can, we are not owed anything by anyone.
The level of entitlement for someone to say “I want my localized area to stay the same, with minimal outsiders visiting, improved services, the cost of living to stay the same, and have everyone else pay for it” is pretty incredible. If you can’t afford to live somewhere, either find a way to afford it or leave but I feel no sympathy for anyone in that position. Get good or get gone.
It’s funny you dunked on Sundre as Sundre is one of my favourite hidden gems. I actually lived there for a handful of years when I was a kid and my parents never had that whiny entitled attitude of wanting others to fund their existence. The woods, river and lakes around Sundre are all actually pretty nice, even if the town itself is underwhelming.
Anyways, long story short, people need to either find a way to pay for the life they want, or change their expectations, but for the love of Christ quit looking for handouts, it’s embarrassing.
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Check out Exshaw. It is the bedroom community of Canmore. It has a Legion and a QuickieMart and a bunch of long time and new residents mixed together who know it’s not like Canmore.
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14 million live in the Alps. 300,00 in the Canadian Rockies.
It is interesting to speculate though. If we could build more mountain towns, where would they go? The Eastern Slopes are pretty much all protected and treaty land from Willmore to Waterton. The only part not protected is around Grassy Mtn and the CNP.
Pincher Creek, Crowsnest and Sparwood, could so easily be the Cochrane, Canmore and Banff of the southern pass. The absolute goldmine of tourism dollars that it just being squandered, is mind boggling.
The easiest way to clean up Lethbridge is to make it the gateway to paradise for Americans coming up to highway 3. Social pressure would transform that city.
That, or just give it all the world's most hated Australian.
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Pincher Creek, Crowsnest and Sparwood, could so easily be the Cochrane, Canmore and Banff of the southern pass. The absolute goldmine of tourism dollars that it just being squandered, is mind boggling.
The easiest way to clean up Lethbridge is to make it the gateway to paradise for Americans coming up to highway 3. Social pressure would transform that city.
That, or just give it all the world's most hated Australian.
You would think. Some locals don’t like “citiots” and their liberal ways. Part-timers have driven property values up 40% in four years. I think my home
has gone up $100K in one year. Many don’t want CNP to be another Canmore or Fernie. I think this a much better path than a coal mine.
People don’t want minimum wage tourism jobs, and believe a coal mine will pay handsomely.
When walking around Canmore, how do I make sure people know I don't live there full time? Do they require you to wear badges of some sort? Are you required to disclose your status at the grocery store?
Or do the 30 anti-bear devices dangling off of my belt at all times give it away?
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You would think. Some locals don’t like “citiots” and their liberals ways. Part-timers have driven property values up 40% in four years. I think my home
has gone up $100K in one year. Many don’t want CNP to be another Canmore or Fernie. I think this a much better path than a coal mine.
My family has lived in Banff since Bankhead moved, sometime in the early 1900s. It's changed a lot, even in my lifetime. In fact, I think that it might have jumped the shark about 15 years ago, when it started to feel like no one really LIVES there.
That said, highway 3 has a very long way to go to reach that point. There is really nothing to worry about for a solid 50+ years of development. I would also venture that Banff and CNP sharing the tourist load, would help to alleviate a lot of the negative aspects of being a tourist destination.
I don't want to delve into the Silver talk too much, but my parents are getting older, and when the property passes onto me and my sisters, it looks like our family might get run out of town. The capital gains tax, and other burdens, just doesn't allow normal folks to live there anymore. You either need to be transient or rich.
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Residential leases in Banff restrict occupancy to eligible residents as defined in national park regulations. The eligible residency provisions ensure that community residential lands are available exclusively for community use, rather than recreational or second home purposes.
Who is an Eligible Resident?
According to the National Parks Lease and License of Occupation Regulations an eligible resident is defined as:
(a) an individual whose primary employment is in the park,
(b) an individual who operates a business in the park and whose presence at the place of business is necessary for the day-to-day operation of the business,
(c) a retired individual who resides in the park and who, for five consecutive years immediately prior to retirement,
(i) was employed primarily in that park, or
(ii) operated a business in that park and whose presence at the place of business was necessary for the day-to-day operation of the business,
(d) a retired individual who resided in the park at the time of the individual's retirement and who resided in that park on July 30, 1981,
(e) an individual who is a student in full-time attendance at an educational institution that is located within the park and registered under the Income Tax Act or applicable provincial legislation relating to education,
(f) an individual who is a lessee of public lands in the park and who
(i) was the lessee of those public lands prior to May 19, 1911, or
(ii) is a descendant, by blood or adoption, of an individual who was the lessee of those public lands prior to May 19, 1911, or
(g) the spouse or common-law partner or a dependant of an individual referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (f).
Some facts about eligible residency
You do not need to be an eligible resident to lease property in Banff. However, you do need to be an eligible resident to reside here.
Operation of either a Home Occupation business or a Bed & Breakfast Home does not satisfy the requirements of eligible residency.
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We don't even really need a "new Banff"; Lake Louise is right there. Is there a reason to think that someone has stood in the way of expanding that town to be, in effect, a second Banff?
I wouldn't dismiss the possibility. Parks Canada Banff has a log sized stick up its arse.
Remember when they cancelled/blocked the LL outdoor game?
You'd think they're run by pissed off animals with how against human activities/developments they are.
Still trying to figure out why that corridor has a 90km/h limit when you have fences and wildlife bridges to keep animals out and it's a mostly straight, broad and flat highway.
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Back on the whole 'Why dont we just exterminate all bears' concept?
What would that even look like? An all out war? Something like this:
When the Aussies tried that with the Emus? They lost that one.
Do we give the bears some cocaine and a bunch of machine guns to give them a fighting chance? Who do we send? I gotta tell ya....if its Bears vs. Canada Parks guys....I'm betting on the bears!
Then they'd take over and make everyone leave Banff and take the hotel until they found some porridge and a mattress that was just right. It'd be renamed Beartown and they'd put back the phones in the Grizzly House to get their grind on!
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Check out Exshaw. It is the bedroom community of Canmore. It has a Legion and a QuickieMart and a bunch of long time and new residents mixed together who know it’s not like Canmore.
You know you have it bad when this is your lure for tourism.
14 million live in the Alps. 300,00 in the Canadian Rockies.
It is interesting to speculate though. If we could build more mountain towns, where would they go? The Eastern Slopes are pretty much all protected and treaty land from Willmore to Waterton. The only part not protected is around Grassy Mtn and the CNP.
I find this nonsense so ridiculous. Second largest landmass on earth. Thousands of square kms of wilderness. You literally drive a hundred km per hour for hours through the mountains and it’s all “but wherever could we fit another town?!” Total garbage. Oh I dunno, roads can be built? Why are we only allowed one road? Why only three towns along it? It’s insane. Guys the population has exploded in western Canada. There’s ####ing millions of people here now. It’s just reality and the preciousness of the mountains in Canada shouldn’t be the exclusive jurisdiction of the rich and wealthy.
It’s totally asinine with how much land we have to think there’s no room out there. Sorry, it just is. There’s ####ing SO much land out there and SO many lakes/ places to develop.
I notice that everyone is now just mocking Sliver because they know he’s right. They don’t have the arguments to debate so resort to calling him names and saying he’s angry etc. like, no, he’s right, you should think about your position and probably feel shame for being so NIMBY.
These days, in my mind, being NIMBY is the antithesis of what Canadians need to be especially in light of the US tariff war / situation. Another town or two is a DIRE need. Like all these billion construction workers in Calgary nonsensically tearing up roads and medians should be rounded up and immediately bussed out to start construction on a new town post haste.
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