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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I think we're making different kinds of comparisons here. I'm not talking about infrastructure, I'm talking about culture and polity. In that sense, I spent 11 years in the U.S. and never felt American for a single day--and I wouldn't if I lived there for another 40. I lived in towns and cities, and in three very distinct regions of the country--and it was always the same feeling. Houston might feel a bit like Calgary in some ways, but my guess is that as soon as you start talking to someone you instantly notice that we don't have the same sorts of values and attitudes at all.
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well, agree to disagree. By chance while in Houston I did manage to talk to a few and was very surprised how similar they were from a values and attitude standpoint ... which was percisely what I was referring to. The real things that stand out to me as difference were the acceptance of guns (although many albertians would be happy to pile into the back of a pick up to go to a gun rally themselves) and their propensity to spend alot of money on rims for their cars.