Fernie with senior citizen or young people?

[happy1]

I am moving to fernie.I just want to Know what kind of people in fernie.Is there retiered People or young people in fernie? .Is safe place to live?

[young_local]

With Fernie you get a little bit of everything. You get the retired people who have broke there backs just to make a buck. and put in many long hard years in the coal mines, back roads, etc, and now they are staying to watch their grandchildren grow up. Then you get the local baby boomers who make up a large part of the population, also breaking their backs to be able to raise their kids here. Then there’s the "albertans/australians/non locals" who all get grouped into the same basket with some of the vocal locals who don’t quiet see that we need them to survive… But they get over it eventually!

Fernie is a safe place to grow your family and enjoy everything there is great about BC and Canada.

[happy1]

Thanks for your reply…………

[fernieguy]

Why do we "NEED" the albertans/australians/non locals to survive, Fernie has been around for 100 + years before the non locals came.The people who break their backs have got Fernie through floods,fires etc.On my street there is 5 empty houses owned by non locals and I have seen the owners come and empty their SUV of groceries and supplies that they bought in Alberta and they drive and act like they are still in Calgary/Edmonton etc.There is another 3 houses that are rented out and the renters get has many as they can in the house so they can afford it .Then they have parties keeping the person awake that has to get up @5am to go to work at the mine/mill /bush etc .These renters cause damage to the houses by snowboarding off of the roof/deck/shed , they leave stuff all over the lawns ,damage carpet and walls then the owners put the rent up more to cover for damages.Now young people that are 3,4,5 generation Ferniette can’t afford to rent or buy a house here.Which results in less families living here and 2 elementary schools closing.To me Fernie is way better once the ski hill closes

[young_local]

Well, if the ski hill closes, that means that everything other then the mines/mills close… which in turn means that all those 3/4/5 generation ferniette will most likely leave anyways. Who wants to stay in a town where you can’t do all the things you grew up doing? Come on, you know that tourism is a huge part to Fernie’s economy, even if it drives prices up… I am a fourth generation Ferniette and I hope to raise my kids here… I know it’s going to be expensive but thats what you get when you want to live in the best valley in the world… Go to school, get a degree/trade, work hard, pay off your loans, get a good job, and BAM… no more complaining about the prices, because you have the money. There are enough jobs in this valley to support us all, and it’s only going to start growing again.

happy1: One other thing I forgot to mention was that this whole valley is one great community. Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford, Jaffray are all connected and it truly is great to see. If you have kids in high school don’t be surprised if they want to go to sparwood for the weekend or go camping with everyone from all 3 high schools… Thanks to the merger of our minor hockey leagues, highschool kids in all of the valley are now connected and it truly is great to see.
If one town has a tragedy, all the communities get together and support each other. You won’t find that in very many places around the world.

[happy1]

Hey young _local thanks for your reply.By the way i am single ,Nobody in house will be going to school.I looking for house or condo near EXTRA FOODS.if u know something pls reply me.

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