[jayswin]

Originally Posted by PyramidsofMars

oh, absolutely. 100% agreed. Denver is basically Calgary with fewer people and much more of a Mexican influence. I would even say that Colorado is more reminiscent of Alberta than Texas, but Texas is more what a lot of Albertans want to be like. Colorado even has a fairly similar landscape to Alberta, gorgeous mountainous regions, beautiful farmland, etc. etc. Texas has similarities to Alberta, sure, but I think they're overstated by a lot of people.

Texas gets too much of a bad rep, I really enjoyed my visit. I was fearful that people would be really racist but for the most part since I avoided the tiny towns I didn't encounter any of that, and found people actually quite hospitable. Probably contrary to you guys, Austin was easily my favorite city in Texas, and I'd be more than willing to live there in the future. I might do some grad work at UT Austin.

Fewer people than Calgary? I thought Denver had like 3 million people?