Anyone know Okotoks?
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Anyone know Okotoks?
Anyone out live there or know it well?
After a bit of research we are now looking at settling a little bit out of the city of Calgary, and we have been told this is a fast growing town and is very accessible to the cityalso we have looked at the real estate and it looks pretty affordable.
We would appreciate any feedback Good or Bad?
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After a bit of research we are now looking at settling a little bit out of the city of Calgary, and we have been told this is a fast growing town and is very accessible to the cityalso we have looked at the real estate and it looks pretty affordable.
We would appreciate any feedback Good or Bad?
Remember don't wait for your ship to come in! swim out to meet the bloody thing!
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Re: Anyone know Okotoks?
Originally posted by dazed&confused
Anyone out live there or know it well?
After a bit of research we are now looking at settling a little bit out of the city of Calgary, and we have been told this is a fast growing town and is very accessible to the cityalso we have looked at the real estate and it looks pretty affordable.
We would appreciate any feedback Good or Bad?
Remember don't wait for your ship to come in! swim out to meet the bloody thing!
Anyone out live there or know it well?
After a bit of research we are now looking at settling a little bit out of the city of Calgary, and we have been told this is a fast growing town and is very accessible to the cityalso we have looked at the real estate and it looks pretty affordable.
We would appreciate any feedback Good or Bad?
Remember don't wait for your ship to come in! swim out to meet the bloody thing!
Funny you should say that, me and the missus took a trip up there back in october last year, its a bit of a gem, hidden just outside calgary.
Okotoks is just 23 kilometres south of Calgary and is a thriving bedroom community for Calgary. Okotoks is named for the Blackfoot word "okatok," which means rock. The town's major tourist attraction is an 18,000-ton rock that was carried over ten thousand years ago by the Ice Age glaciers from Jasper area to its its current spot. It sits in an open field about 10 minutes west of town, on Highway 7.
The pretty Sheep River runs through town, which has a visitor information centre in the renovated CPR train station. Okotoks' 9,000 residents are Alberta's fastest growing community and also the youngest community in Canada with 85 per cent of the residents being under the age of 44. Okotoks also has three golf courses: D'Arcy Ranch, Heritage Pointe, and Cottonwood.
checkout this link for more, hope it turns out helpful, we plan to go back soon !
http://www.town.okotoks.ab.ca/
cheers
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Re: Anyone know Okotoks?
Originally posted by dazed&confused
Anyone out live there or know it well?
After a bit of research we are now looking at settling a little bit out of the city of Calgary, and we have been told this is a fast growing town and is very accessible to the cityalso we have looked at the real estate and it looks pretty affordable.
We would appreciate any feedback Good or Bad?
Remember don't wait for your ship to come in! swim out to meet the bloody thing!
Anyone out live there or know it well?
After a bit of research we are now looking at settling a little bit out of the city of Calgary, and we have been told this is a fast growing town and is very accessible to the cityalso we have looked at the real estate and it looks pretty affordable.
We would appreciate any feedback Good or Bad?
Remember don't wait for your ship to come in! swim out to meet the bloody thing!
It is very accessible to Calgary (particularly the southern part of town) and has basically become a bedroom community. There is more to do in Okotoks it than a similar size town in England for that reason: the Calgarian workers want all the amenities (there's a Wal-Mart), want to eat out etcetera.
I wholeheartedly recommend it. I considered moving there myself because it is cheaper than Calgary. My wife wasn't in favour though. It is still a small fairly rural place and she needs her big malls and all the rest of it. Don't make the mistake that others have made - if you like London and the bright lights big city, Okotoks is not for you.
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I know this is an old thread but I know my DH would agree with your comments. He took a look at Okotoks last Autumn when he was staying in Calgary and loved it. We're going back to Calgary in 5 weeks time for 7 days and I can't wait to visit. I think Okotoks is growing rapidly though. The houses are a bit cheaper than the city. The only reservation I have is living there and working in the city, what about the travelling in the winter. Anyone out there got any comments on that please??
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Originally Posted by dazed&confused
Anyone out live there or know it well?
After a bit of research we are now looking at settling a little bit out of the city of Calgary, and we have been told this is a fast growing town and is very accessible to the cityalso we have looked at the real estate and it looks pretty affordable.
We would appreciate any feedback Good or Bad?
Remember don't wait for your ship to come in! swim out to meet the bloody thing!
After a bit of research we are now looking at settling a little bit out of the city of Calgary, and we have been told this is a fast growing town and is very accessible to the cityalso we have looked at the real estate and it looks pretty affordable.
We would appreciate any feedback Good or Bad?
Remember don't wait for your ship to come in! swim out to meet the bloody thing!
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Re: Anyone know Okotoks?
Originally Posted by frankieforehead
Don't do it..............Settle in Cochrane.......It's the place to be.
Ok - Will take a look at Cochrane (and Bragg Creek) during our trip
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Re: Anyone know Okotoks?
Originally Posted by dazed&confused
We would appreciate any feedback Good or Bad?
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Re: Anyone know Okotoks?
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
I had sex on top of The Big Rock about 10 years ago
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Originally Posted by Craftybanshee
I know this is an old thread but I know my DH would agree with your comments. He took a look at Okotoks last Autumn when he was staying in Calgary and loved it. We're going back to Calgary in 5 weeks time for 7 days and I can't wait to visit. I think Okotoks is growing rapidly though. The houses are a bit cheaper than the city. The only reservation I have is living there and working in the city, what about the travelling in the winter. Anyone out there got any comments on that please??
Just think carefully about the commuting.
Mrs G
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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
I had sex on top of The Big Rock about 10 years ago
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Originally Posted by Craftybanshee
Thanks for sharing that very personal experience!
LOL
LOL
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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
It probably wasn't as personal as I thought - there's probably a tourist somewhere in the world their own unique souvenier. Egaads, I just thought - there could even be a website
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Re: Anyone know Okotoks?
Originally Posted by frankieforehead
Was that with someone or alone??????????
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Originally Posted by Glaswegian
We looked at Okotoks recently and although there are some beautiful houses the road to Calgary for a daily commute was enough to put us off. Mr G heads downtown for work and although its not much further south of the city it just added that bit too much to each day. Plus we have seen the road in the depths of winter.
Just think carefully about the commuting.
Mrs G
Just think carefully about the commuting.
Mrs G
Cheers Mrs G. It'd bad enough commuting here. My DH does a 100 mile round trip each day to work. Maybe we'll be better off in the city but will still have a look around at the suburbs.
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Originally Posted by Craftybanshee
Cheers Mrs G. It'd bad enough commuting here. My DH does a 100 mile round trip each day to work. Maybe we'll be better off in the city but will still have a look around at the suburbs.
The best thing to do is to visit and try the road for yourself. Try to imagine it under ice or snow with a pickup racing towards you.
Good luck with the decision.
Mrs G