Comparing cities as a place to live on a grand scale is an insane idea. Unless you alternate between the cities, spending equal amounts of time living in equivalent areas/conditions, it's impossible to make an impartial assessment. As someone who has lived in Edmonton for the last 2 years and is in process of moving back to Calgary, I can at least offer the following opinions:
- The differences between the two cities are pretty marginal, and tend to be largely over-stated. I won't bother getting into little facts like that U of A probably is better regarded than U of C, but MRU>MacEwan, SAIT>NAIT, BVC>Norquest, etc. Edmonton is better in some ways, just as Calgary is.
- Edmonton's weather really isn't that bad (at least not the last two years), but Calgary's is better
- Edmonton's side roads are more like off-road trails than pavement. I didn't even drive very much in YEG, but it drove me nuts
- It can't be argued the Edmonton is 3-4x further away from the mountains - if that's important to you (as it is to me), then that's a huge difference point.
We can however mathetically conclude that Edmonton's hockey team is no good.
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