And at the end of such a cycle (a few decades), everything balances out. We get tired of the volatility, but we still thrive on it.

In the meantime, we look for the good in life. Like the great recreational facilities we do have…

http://www.calgary-city-maps.com/Calgary-Olympic-Oval.html

Keep looking up.

b

Thank-you for succinctly expressing the exact thoughts I have been pondering these days.

Living in Thunder Bay (a dying town) away from the womb of Edmonton, I have been afforded a new view of the place I have called home.

The last lines dealing with infrastructure, happiness and sustainability…bang on the money. I look back at Edmonton and Calgary as places that are gravely in-danger.

Although like soma, and frogs in pots, the point of no return has long been crossed. Does it mean that the defects of a system so accelerated by slick growth hormones will become the markers of signification, the only recognizable elements of an ‘empire’ drowned?

Apologies for pessimism, it may simply be fear.

Andriko