House shopping

From what I understand now that we're married we have to buy a house. My only question is, do we have to get a house in the suburbs to get something we like in our price range? Am I going to become one of the million other Calgarians who lives in the distance sea of pink and beige houses that fills the horizon and commutes every day to my glass tower in the downtown core? Apparently yes. At least we'll be able to get some sizable dogs :) And frankly I like my glass tower.

The funny thing is these "minutes from downtown" claims some realtors* and developers are claiming to claim. I think they hire Jacques Villeneuve to race it at 4 am on a Sunday from a rolling start with a tail wind ignoring red lights, and then round down.

* Not ours, Thomasz iz cool.