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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
I did that on purpose because everyone on this board acts like Edmonton is a hole, including myself (I live 90 minutes away and never go there outside of for work a couple times a year). But to anyone outside of Alberta, the differnece between Calgary and Edmonton is indistinguishable. How many UFA players has Calgary been able to attract over Edmonton recently? I don't think players have Calgary or Edmonton high on their list.
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Purely anecdotal, but my wife recruits for a large international firm for both the Edmonton and Calgary markets (as well as Winnipeg). She has been absolutely amazed actually, at how differently they are perceived globally. She assumed going in that they would be viewed identically or at least similarly, but getting people to commit to Edmonton has been substantially harder than Calgary.
Calgary is viewed more as a world-class city and Edmonton appears not to be - rightly or wrongly (though of course, we know that it is rightly!).
Different than how North American hockey players are going to view the cities, of course. But for what it's worth, that is what she has found.