I got lucky and bought a place just before the latest westward mass migration. One of our stipulations for a house was that it had to be close enough to DT for me to ride everyday rain, snow, shine or minus forty degrees. Although I think the price increase was obscene (still waiting for the not so fun ride down the other side), all I need to do is look up Vancouver house prices and I feel a whole lot better.

Calgary has a surprising amount of bike commuters, in fact I wish I could find the study, but it was right up there with T.O. on a per capita basis as far as daily bike commutes go. For day to day errands though, I'm sure we lag way behind.

T.O. is more urban which = more bike friendly but when you factor in the immense suburbs of the GTA it begins to look a whole lot more like Calgary.

Although I rant a lot about Calgary's moronic city council, I must admit they do have the sprawl problem/weak public transit/car dependency thing on their radar, just no political will or money to do anything about it. The free market may actually force the issue since parking costs in DT Calgary are some of the highest in N. America, higher than Los Angeles and T.O., couple that with higher costs of living and I think I'll be seeing many more people on the path this winter. (Saw close to 20 this morning and its been snowing all day).