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Originally Posted by chrisallard5454
I found out that another one of my old childhood friends just moved out of the city to St. Andrews. That makes almost everyone I know from my childhood who has either moved away from Manitoba, or has at least left the city. That really depresses me, and should depress anyone from Winnipeg, because that is about 30-40 people in their early 20's who have left because Winnipeg didn't offer enough to keep them here. I am going to mull over my thoughts for a bit before I go to sleep.
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When you are in your 20s you don't care about things like stability, community or cost of living. You want to run out, experience another city and see/do new things.
Done that. Been there. Spent almost 9 years in Calgary and then got married, had a son and things quickly changed.
We wanted my wife to be able to stay at home with our son, we wanted other family and friends nearby and wanted to live somewhere other than a suburb far away from everything.
I came back to Winnipeg with my wife and son in tow and we are all much happier here. My wife actually likes Winnipeg more than Calgary.
Give it 10 years and you will see a number of those people come back. Especially those whose families are still here.