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Old 02-24-2010, 09:58 AM   #81
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89 View Post

I think our lack of culture in this city has more to do with the nature of employment in the oil patch (Engineers, accountants, and finance people) than whether or not our city council shuts down Memorial drive for a day in the summer, buys out the Cecil for $11 million, or builds an expensive pedestrian bridge.
I think people striving for more 'culture' look far beyond those kinds of things and I don't think it has much to do with Calgary's white collar nature - more our relatively immmaturity as a city, small size and underpopulated core.

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