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Originally Posted by Party Elephant
This isn't really a gear grinder, more of a head scratcher, but what's with the whole referring to cities by their airport code thing? Seems like it's only canadians that do it as I've never once seen anyone do this since I moved abroad, but on my facebook everyone's all like "What's up YYC/YVR/YEG" or "anyone in YYC know a good..." or just #yyc at the end of a post. Is it just a Calgary thing?
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#YYC as a hashtag originated on Twitter as it served a decent stand in for Calgary within the 140 character limit. Basically when Twitter was exploding in popularity locally it became a short/easy way to connect with local folks online.
For other airport codes I think it's much the same, easier to type YVR then Vancouver on your phone, and if you're flying into the airport it's entirly accurate to say something like
"#YYC->#YVR this afternoon!"
Plus some of us just think it looks/sounds cool.
