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Winnipeg the best kept secret, People always ask "Why Winnipeg" when they find we moved here by choice not because of work or family,our initial choice was Kelona in British Columbia or Calgary in Alberta,but after looking at all three we made the right decision for us that is,we have 4 children at the time they were 8,11,12 and 14 we wanted less traffic that we had put up with in the U.k we wanted a friendly community,less crime we wanted to be able to afford a nice house and send the children to good schools which would not cost an arm and a leg,Winnipeg had everything the only down fall was the scenery it lacks hills and corners but it has bucket loads of everything else and the thing about beautiful scenery is if you live with it ,generally you don't notice it after a while not that Winnipeg is ugly we have some beautiful parks the best beaches and great water sports,surfing, sailing and fishing that combined with the friendly people safe neighborhoods great choice of shopping malls and if a change is wanted we can get down to the States within 2 hours or across to Edmonton or Calgary in 13 - 15 hours sounds a long trip but on these roads it is an easy drive.Winnipeg is a growing city and they way they are doing it is making it even more appealing than it was already would I make the same choice now after living here for 9 years YES most defiantly does it have everything on my wish list NO but then nothing would ,well maybe Richard Bransons Island would come close but no shopping malls.