Moving to a small town strengthened our marriage. Being far from friends and family meant we had to learn to communicate better.

Moving to a small town strengthened our marriage. Being far from friends and family meant we had to learn to communicate better.

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Eight years ago, my wife and I did something our friends and family thought was borderline crazy: We packed up our lives in Calgary, Alberta (population of just under 1.5 million), and moved to Nelson, British Columbia — a quiet mountain town of about 11,000 people nestled in the West Kootenays.

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