When I was about 14/15 my parents moved us from southern Ontario to Regina, as my father got a promotion to manage a branch there. I went from a kid my parents loved to a kid they wanted to ship to military school within a week or so. As a 14 year old growing up in a neighborhood with streams and forests and lots of hiking etc and life long friends to Regina, just took the life from me. It was like moving into a biodome and shoplifting, vandalism, pre marital sex, drugs etc, filled the void. I guess my point is ,,, Regina sucks.
But having said that 14/15 is a volatile age. I was back there a couple of years ago and saw some people I knew in highschool who still hang out, and it was interesting to know that you can get from one side of the city to the other in 20 minutes, so your friends are never far away.
The funny thing I find about Regina is anyone I knew in hs that have stayed, all were born there. Anyone that moved there from somewhere else, usually leave.
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