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- aplus0
Ahh I smell friendly rivalry...
That Enormous Mall makes up for it all for sure. I got lost once.
Great site Neeko.
Cheers...
- neeko0
ya, calgary is actually a pretty super place to live. one has to play up the rivallry once in a while or the Oilers/Flames games arent as fun.
given the choice at birth, i probably would have wanted to be closer to the mountains, but edmonton turned out to be ok.
- neeko0
...and thanks for the compliment.
- aplus0
They aren't as fun without Wayne and Lanny either.
Given the choice at birth I would have wanted to be filthy rich and extremely good looking. But things worked out here too ;)
- Noyz3190
in terms of job opportunities i'd say calgary has a lot more to offer than edmonton, but besides that and calgary being closer to the mountains there aren't too many huge differences. west edmonton mall is highly overated, unless your a tourist. i'm happy in edmonton though. oh, and hockey sucks.
- neeko0
"oh, and hockey sucks."
i'll be looking into getting you deported tomorrow.
but i agree, the mall is overrated...
they had a penguin out walking around amongst the masses the other day though... penguins may be the most perfect creature on the planet.
- toqueboy0
^^^
magiclook into the amount of funding provided by other provinces and cities to the arts... private donations to the arts, and bursaries
calgary can't even draw large 'shows' of any consequence, not to mention the cultivation of local artist exports. the univesity in our city has an art program as an afterthought, and our art college is reputed, if it has any reputation for its design side, not artistic.
in all of these areas, calgary isn't even in the same league as edmonton, quebec city, win, victoria, or ott...not to mention a proper sized city like van or montreal.
the percentage of 'working' artists is very small.
where are our art houses? art collectives? and shared art spaces for art societies? not even EM, and CSIF have been able to get together to grow...
the reality is that calgary is much more interested in oil and gas and the arts isn't given a whole lot of thought.
maybe you're privy to something that i don't see...but from my vantage point, which is heavily involved in the painting, literary, film, and design industries... we don't even come close to other cities that i've both lived and worked in .
that's my .02
- neeko0
how's Bridgeland Hall as a concert venue? Might be there on the 20th to check out some redneck prairie music.
- toqueboy0
it's alright...it's just a big communit hall...and the band will play in 'big room' or whatever such places call it...they have raves, weddings, etc...
it's the quintessential canadian hall that's connected to a hockey rink, curling hall, or pool...as in this case, the pool...it's alright though...they have a lounge upstairs...
who's playing there? i live 2 minutes away.
- neeko0
the Corb Lund Band, Dec. 20.
Not the chosen genre of the designer to be sure, sort of country-folk. I'm not a country fan by any stretch but i do like his stuff... and i dont think we'd be friends if i told him his music sucked. He sued to be the bass player in the smalls.
- neeko0
sued = used.
spelling stuff sucks.