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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
It is purely my opinion which is based on my interactions with a diverse group of individuals on a day to day basis. For example, in my office (a small office) only about 15% of the people actually follow the Flames and know what is happening. I've had many occasions where I try to make small talk at functions or events and to a large extent trying to talk about the Flames generally doesn't go anywhere.
I think that as fans we typically want to believe that the game is much more important than it actually is. As an example, I always thought that the minor hockey program in Calgary was huge with lots of support. There are ~150,000 kids in Calgary between the ages of 5 and 15 but only about ~13,000 play minor hockey.
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What line of work are you in? Everyone around downtown seems to know that at least the Flames were supposed to suck this year but that they're doing really well.