Originally Posted by energysolutions (Post 10518159)

*Thread Revival*

I have pretty much ruled out Labrador as an option and am concentrating on Alberta

Originally Posted by YoshiPal2010 (Post 10520276)

And you want to go somewhere that is not on the verge of a bust? You might do well to have a look at the Canadian press, and read-up on Alberta's impending budget crisis. Last one out of Alberta, please turn out the lights!

Originally Posted by Hawk13 (Post 10518203)

Cochrane?

Have a friend that lives there and commutes to Calgary for work. Close enough to Calgary that it doesn't take that long to get there (unless the weather sucks - then it takes awhile) and the housing is cheaper

Originally Posted by comet555 (Post 10518230)

Strathmore is driving distance to Calgary. I know someone who lives there and works in Calgary.

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 10520158)

Hmmmm lovely views of the mountains and not far to go for a drive to the back of beyond either. Not sure what property prices are like there though.

There is also Airdrie, Innisfail??? We have family that live in olds and they love it.

Personally i'd rule out Drum, Rocky and Nisku (and this is just a personal opinion)

Drumheller - eveyone I have known that moved there moved out bar one. Its kind of a backward town but there are some lovely people there and the scenery is stunning in the canyons.

Rocky Mountain House. So yes you have the scenery right on your doorstep, but the town from my visits is run down, and a bit backward.

Nisku will drive you absolutely bonkers because of all the olfield traffic that goes through it. It's very industrial.

If you are looking in that area try Beaumont. It's next to nisku, big lovely houses though a bit expensive as people live there and commute into Edmonton (probably 20 mins to the centre not in rush hour).

Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 10518513)

Sundre? Olds?

Originally Posted by bradshaws (Post 10520988)

I am not sure if this thread is still frequanted but I'll throw my thoughts out there anyways :)

I am from Vernon BC which is incredibly beautiful, right in the Okanagan and I grew up on the lake. While I absolutely loved growing up there....there wasnt alot for work. My family and I moved to Grande Prairie Alberta when I was 15.

I graduated here and went to college here and I have grown to love it. It is fairly far up north but it is not remote by any means. We are a 4 hour drive to the big city of Edmonton if you enjoy the city lifestyle. There is alot of oilfield work here and trades/labour work.

The initial mentality you'll notice is "work hard, play harder" but they are alot of families and GP's sense of community is growing.

If you have more questions about Grande Prairie or the surrounding area let me know :)

Originally Posted by energysolutions (Post 10523044)

Thanks for your input

One of my friends used to live in BC and headed to the Okanagen every chance he got - he says its the most beautiful place hes ever been and its somewhere I would like to visit one day

Whats the cost of living like in Grande Prairie? ie houses etc? I ask as it looks like its the only town for miles although it does seem to have decent facilities (whats the shopping like? can you get everything there or do you need to make an occasional trip to somewhere like Edmonton?)

Originally Posted by energysolutions (Post 10523044)

Thanks for your input

One of my friends used to live in BC and headed to the Okanagen every chance he got - he says its the most beautiful place hes ever been and its somewhere I would like to visit one day

Whats the cost of living like in Grande Prairie? ie houses etc? I ask as it looks like its the only town for miles although it does seem to have decent facilities (whats the shopping like? can you get everything there or do you need to make an occasional trip to somewhere like Edmonton?)

Originally Posted by energysolutions (Post 10523044)

Thanks for your input

One of my friends used to live in BC and headed to the Okanagen every chance he got - he says its the most beautiful place hes ever been and its somewhere I would like to visit one day

Whats the cost of living like in Grande Prairie? ie houses etc? I ask as it looks like its the only town for miles although it does seem to have decent facilities (whats the shopping like? can you get everything there or do you need to make an occasional trip to somewhere like Edmonton?)

Originally Posted by bradshaws (Post 10523279)

...Before we bought out house we lived in a fourplex...

Originally Posted by bradshaws (Post 10523279)

The Okanagan is amazing, incredibly beautiful...if you have a chance to get a solid job move there in an instant! ha ha

Its fairly expensive to live in Grande Prairie. Rent can be anywhere from 1000-2000 obviously depending on what you are looking for. For a one bedroom apartment its cheap, 800-1000. Before we bought out house we lived in a fourplex which was a 2 bedroom split level and rent was 800, our utilities werent to bad either. Now that we have our house they are a bit more but surpisingly not to bad.

As for shopping it is okay, meaning there isnt alot of variety and prices are more (clothing, cars, furniture) than they would be in Edmonton however if you dont mind paying more you can get everything you need. We try to make it down to etown if we are making a bigger purchase.

I see that your thinking about the Calgary and Red Deer area, I have been to Calgary a couple times and I still dont have an opinion about it ha ha.

Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 10523137)

The only place I can think of between drum and Calgary is Beiseker.

DON'T DO IT.

I used to live in Drum too and made some good friends there, but they all moved out. My sis in law lives there and they are looking at relocating to Sylan Lake.

Druheller is in a Valley and its kind of like that 'Silent Hill' scenario - once you are trapped there you are trapped.

Though I will add again there are some lovely people, theres this annual music festival that everyone goes nuts about but it crap folky crap crap lots of smoking dope type stuff and not really my scene :confused:

Theres also the Passion Play (not sure if thats continuing anymore) which is like a big gathering of god botherers who come to watch an outdoor recreation of Hesoooos being crufied and all that jazz. (also not my scene).

Actually have you thought about Sylan Lake???? The Redneck riviera :thumbup: