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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
And the average temperature in Calgary is a balmy 3.5 degrees.
The average temperature in Calgary in January is -16....
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Well now, lets keep bias out of our facts, shall we? You conveniently failed to mention that the website you got that info from lists Edmonton's yearly average at 2.0 degrees and January at -19. No matter where you look or who you ask, it is a colder city then Calgary. Period, end of story.
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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
And while it is unfortunate that there are deaths in Edmonton, the city is still nice and is safe just like the vast majority of Calgary is.
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Okay, that makes alot of sense.
So they have 19 murders to our 2 this year and have beat us in murders in every one of the last 10 years (despite being a smaller city). They also (consistently) have a higher rate of other types of violent crime including assault and rape...but as long as Mr.Mustard says its "nice and safe just like Calgary" then I guess we'll just have to take his word for it.
http://www2.macleans.ca/canadas-most...-the-rankings/
This came out in 2010, but I think the 19 murders to date in 2011 indicate nothing has changed (if anything, Edmonton looks to climb higher in the ranks next year!). You take a good long look at that list and tell me again Edmonton is as safe as Calgary.
By the way, you love to enter into these Calgary-Edmonton back and forths, but to what end? You're a Vancouver fan that lives in Calgary, have you even been to Edmonton? Where does this broad knowledge of exactly how safe the streets of Edmonton come from? Please do enlighten me, as your little tale flies directly in the face of any and all of the provincial crime statistics available.