Originally Posted by AlexInBC

Forget Jasper as somewhere to live. It sure is stunning (but no better than where we live ) but property is extortionate and you're only allowed to purchase it if you actually work in Jasper, which is unlikely in your husband's line of work. Plus it's full of tourists, which I guess isn't a problem when you're one too, but gets a bit much if you live there year round. The family we bought our place from (we live 1hr from Jasper) moved to Jasper and they are counting the days until they can sell up all their assets/interests in Jasper and move somewhere where they can leave their daughters' bedroom windows open in the summertime, again, without them being woken by the loud, foul-mouthed drunks staggering back to their hotels in the middle of the night...