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- sikma0
Calgary is the home of Canada's current Conservative movement. It's actually very noticable in the politcal views of the average citizens. In all of Alberta there is only one non-conservative MP (Member of Parliament) in our federal government.
Vancouver is on the other hand a bastion of liberalism in Western Canada. We didn't elect any Conservative MP's in Vancouver proper, something which our PM is VERY aware of.
The political difference between the two cities is night and day.
- studderine0
damn, so it appears the general feeeeeeling is: dont move to calgary, it sucks.
- Milan0
i live in calgary, unfortunately, but hopefully not for long. here are a few reasons why it sucks:
- cold for 8 months of the year. can get -40 celsius and below in the winter. this year, it snowed in the beginning of june.
- too many rednecks and cowboys. seems like 3/4 of the people drive trucks/suvs. they don't know how to drive, so they feel safer in big cars, but endanger everyone else.
- calgary stampede. at the beginning of july, everyone dresses up as cowboys for a week and drink a lot of beer. whole city smells like horse manure. thank god i'll be in europe on vacation that week.
- horrible traffic, there are over a million people living here, but the roads are designed for 1/4 of the population.
- it's an ugly and boring city with no interesting sights. the buildings and houses are ugly, built with one thing in mind - cost. the sculptures and "art" they have scattered around downtown makes you wanna puke. seriously, type "calgary sculptures" into google images if you wanna see some funny shit.sadly, i could go on all day... don't even think about moving here, especially now that the economic boom it had is over.
- lol - oh the memories.
you going to move to Van?sikma - vancouver is nice, but not far enough from calgary i'm afraid. i'd like to move to france, switzerland or maybe san franciscoMilan
- HAHAHHAHA!!!sikma
- you sound scaredsikma
- *scarredsikma
- -40 sounds awful and san fran costs alllloooottt of money.studderine
- hahahajuhls
- wow, calgary sounds lovely.VectorMasked
- lol - oh the memories.
- Salarrue0
you need to go to montreal
- MisterMonk0
Canada sucks... maybe except Montreal with all those fake French! Vancouver boring city... Toronto just NYC wannabe... the rest just ugh. Oh yeah Design part same ugh.
igloo, moose and men on horses gonna kill me now!- Any day MisterMonk...
weve torched your white house before, and we'd do it again.ross
- Any day MisterMonk...
- studderine0
jesus, all of you scared me the fuck away from canada.
- monNom0
Vancouver has a charm that fades with time. At first you'll think that it's forward thinking and kinda Bohemian. But after a while you realize that everyone is actually just ignoring the giant problems here. Really pretty on a clear day though.
Calgary has some great chicken wings.
- benfal990
if you like cowboys and potato fields. otherwise come to Montreal and enjoy the show my friend.
- sikma0
speak french?
- juhls0
benfal just made something about Canada NSFW. How dare you! There are people who come here for a better life!
P.S. Don't come here.
- Tungsten0
Some of the best hiking is to be had just north of Vancouver in a town called Squamish.
- Andrew_D0
Studderine, were you not in Chi-town? I'd say if you're more akin (I fucking love Chicago, better than NYC in my books) to living in that city, Toronto or Montreal are your best bet's. Out of all the cities listed, Toronto (where I'm at) would have the most work.
Vancouver is wicked for about a week, then if you're not into the outdoors, it's boring. If you'd like to see hell on earth, East Hastings is as close as you get.
- no longer in chi-town, laid off now in the hotness of phoenix for now.studderine
- i think chicago>phoenix>calg... would qualify as an epic fail.horton
- Would it? I mean living in another country sounds kind of like fun...?studderine
- barbara0
i have images turned off, but if there's canadian nsfw, i'm all for it.
i've been to alberta a few times....aside from the snow sports, not too much of a life if you prefer to jazz it up. have to agree with the above points on teh boring.
if none of the three major cities interest you, i say go way east. :D
- barbara0
i have images turned off, but if there's canadian nsfw, i'm all for it.
i've been to alberta a few times....aside from the snow sports, not too much of a life if you prefer to jazz it up. have to agree with the above points on teh boring.
if none of the three major cities interest you, i say go way east. :D
- elektro0
Montreal is nice, always something to do somewhere
- juhls0
You can always find something to do in many cities, if you look hard enough. Like Ottawa. Just saying (I'm sure people will say something against the city, but I find that it has a nice balance).
Of course, if you want to be bombarded with things to do, then check out the major cities, like Toronto, Montréal, and probably Vancouver. I think most of these places are nice and are worth visiting just to check out before making your decision.
- i've only visited ottawa, thought it was pretty. :) t.o. is definitely full of things to do, but you do have to get away from it from time to time.barbara
- it from time to time.barbara
- Yup. Ottawa has a shit-load of greenery. I like going between Toronto and Ottawa so I get both sides.juhls
- i just go north of the city. you, jetsetter, you. ;)barbara
- ottawa is fun.
ross
- chris_himself0
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