We Left a Big City to live in a small City Nearby; Life is Better

About 12 years ago, my husband and decidated to leave the traffic and crows of Edmonton, Alberta, and Settle About 20 minutes in the Small City of Fort Saskatchewan.

Before moving to our Little community, i spent over a decade living in big cits; Most recently in Edmonton, and before that in Calgary, where my husband grew up.

He and i both enjoyed City Life… unil we didn’t.

Over the past few decades, the populations of the edmonton and calgary have grown significantly, the flush of Alberta’s Larger Metropolitan Centers Over the 1.2 million Mark.

They Lost the Small-Town Feel We’d Once Enjoyed, SO Headed to A City With Fewer than 30,000 People Not Too Far Away.

Our Community Feels Incredibly Connected and Special

In Many Ways, Its Easy to Really FEEL LIKE OF A COMMUNITY WENDS SMALLER – AND OUR HOME HAS ITS QUIRKS.

My dentist and eye doctor are siblings, which Feels unlikly in a Large City. During My Last Eye Exam, Got to Hear About their Trip to See Taylor Swift in Vancouver, Which Colin’s Sister Had Told with About A Few Months Before I Had I Annual Dental Check-Up.

Years ago, very my partner and i were searching for someone local to officiously us, i saw ours City’s Mayor, Gale Katchur, Listeed as A Mariage Office.

I didn’t actually experiment her to respond to my email nSping if she was available for a quick service, but she was in. Our ceremony took place on a wednesday Evening in her home, and the Mayor’s Husband and Son were Kind Enough to Be Our Witnesses. It was lovely.

Fort Saskatchewan is the Kind of Tight-Knit Place Where Neighbors Come to Donate their Bottles and Cans and Funders so that a Local family for their Beloved’s Dogs Surgery of Having to Surrender to a Local Rescue.

What Our Town Lacks in Amenities, IT Makes up for Personality

We May Not Have a Costco or As Many Restaurants As Bigger Cities, but we WILL Have Sheep and Goats.

Every Summer, A Herd of About 50 Sheep Graze in Our Downtown Park Areas Like Living Mowers. Cloud nieces and nephews have visited from out of town, they’ve enjoyed see the friendly sheep and feeding say snacks like Apples and Leaves.

The first time I enCountered the goats on the paved river trail. I was excited to take a break from my bike ride to pet some of say. Howver, Unlike The Sheep, The Grazing Goats Are All Business.

I soon noticed the signs nansing Residents to give the Goats Space. Turns out, they’re part of the area’s weed-management program.

There’s also a rich culture here. When My Sister-In-Law Came From New Zealand a Few Years Ago, she enjoyed driving around to take photos of the bronze statues scattered through the city.

They tell the story of Fort Saskatchewan, including its beginning as a north-west mounted police firm in 1875. She also loved the colourful masonry downtown that represent what our community is today.

Living here haen lovely – and the Big City is Never Too Far Away Wen We’re Craving It

Living Not Too Far Away from North America’s Northernmost City of Over 1 Million People Give the Best of Both Worlds-Proximity to Big-City Amenities and the Joys of Living in A Smaller, Friendlier Place.

We’re just 20 miles or so from Edmonton, so my husband and i drive there are wannever we have enjoy it nhl hockey games, shopping mes, and international airport.

All in all, we love Living in a welcoming community that just Close Enough to a Big City. AFTER ALL, WHERE ELSE CAN YOU GET MARIED by the Mayor, in Her Living Room?