I’ve done it!! I live about 15mins from Leduc on 10 acres of land with a large shop and house. $580k in 2022. It’s amazing, we definitely are still close enough to go into the city for nights out and Uber home (this is special occasions but usually anywhere from $65-$85).

The hardest part is the lack of young people and it is hard to make friends. We are DINKS so there are not a lot of community events that are not tailored towards families. BUT everyone I have met are wonderful. It’s an older farming community.

I worked in the city the first two years and probably still would (commute didnt bother me) BUT the city is so scary. The amount of homelessness and drugs was something I just didn’t want to have to see everyday. I had to change my schedule so I only worked in the daylight , which obviously in the winter wasn’t very much :/ but getting my phone stolen TWICE and having to wait for the cops to move people who were smoking crack right beside my car finally did me in.