That's actually a fair take. I personally don't like how Calgary has grown so much in the last number of years because it has made it more of a hub for people from abroad looking to move up and a very diverse city that has in turn lost some of its identity and homey-ness that it once had as a smaller city with families that were Calgarian stretching back a couple generations.
There are so many new Calgarians that you can bring up the Flames and the Iginla era and some people will stare at you blankly, which is crazy to think.
It's a city building out and not up, so you have more and more cookie cutter suburbs that all look the same full of people that have only known the city for a few years and don't know what the Caglarian identity really is or looks/feels like.
I have picked up on more of a sense of pride in the community lately in Edmonton which has not experienced the same kind of rapid growth as Calgary (which probably helps with that sense of inclusiveness). Though in the media it comes off as obnoxious pride that lacks self awareness. Edmonton in contrast seems like a city that is almost like that small town that many people don't escape, but they cope by buying into this self-contained belief that it's the best thing out there which probably boosts their spirits.
It's purely anecdotal and I admit I have nothing to back this up, but I suspect there are more second, third, - multi-generational Edmontonians. My guess is that more people are born, raised, and spend the majority of their life in Edmonton than in Calgary (due to the somewhat more transient nature of Calgary's workforce previously discussed) which would lend itself to the sense of community pride.
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It's purely anecdotal and I admit I have nothing to back this up, but I suspect there are more second, third, - multi-generational Edmontonians. My guess is that more people are born, raised, and spend the majority of their life in Edmonton than in Calgary (due to the somewhat more transient nature of Calgary's workforce previously discussed) which would lend itself to the sens of community pride.
I was riding the C train to a Stamps/Riders game one time. A Riders fan piped up that he would be embarrassed if he saw so many people from Calgary in Regina. I told him that no one from Calgary wants to go to Regina because it sucks, and the proof that Calgary is better is that so many people from Saskatchewan move here. People laughed; he went silent.
It's the same thing with Calgary and Edmonton. People want to move to Calgary because it's awesome. People don't move to Edmonton because it's terrible. They are smart enough to stay away. The people that are in Edmonton are multi-generational occupants, that aren't smart enough to get out. By continuing to breed with other Edmontonians, they continue to devolve, similar to cousins mating.
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There is nothing to write home about for either city IMO. If I had a choice I wouldn't live in either. I've lived in Edmonton for 2.5 years and Calgary 5.5. Both aren't special. And neither has anything on the other, within the city IMO.
That's actually a fair take. I personally don't like how Calgary has grown so much in the last number of years because it has made it more of a hub for people from abroad looking to move up and a very diverse city that has in turn lost some of its identity and homey-ness that it once had as a smaller city with families that were Calgarian stretching back a couple generations.
There are so many new Calgarians that you can bring up the Flames and the Iginla era and some people will stare at you blankly, which is crazy to think.
It's a city building out and not up, so you have more and more cookie cutter suburbs that all look the same full of people that have only known the city for a few years and don't know what the Caglarian identity really is or looks/feels like.
I have picked up on more of a sense of pride in the community lately in Edmonton which has not experienced the same kind of rapid growth as Calgary (which probably helps with that sense of inclusiveness). Though in the media it comes off as obnoxious pride that lacks self awareness. Edmonton in contrast seems like a city that is almost like that small town that many people don't escape, but they cope by buying into this self-contained belief that it's the best thing out there which probably boosts their spirits.
That's deep bro. Definitely true though.
I lived in Edmonton for 2 years and although both cities are somewhat 'boring', Calgary is just 10x the city compared to Edmonton in every other way.
Calgary and Edmonton are about as identical as two cities can be.
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