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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
1. The bolded part is untrue. Many, many families and shoppers got to West Ed. Don't kid yourself.
2. It's the hipster thing to "avoid tourist traps" in their own city and disparage them. That isn't specifically limited to Edmonton. And even then, it's because locals have likely seen them before and don't need to go again, not because of a conscious effort to avoid tourists, teens, and scuzzy types.
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I was more talking about trying to avoid the gongshow that is a massive tourist trap like the (former) largest mall in the world. Ever try to park there on a weekend? It'll take years off your life. Wasn't saying I don't go to avoid the scuzzies, just saying there's lots of those types in & around the mall area, especially in the evenings. Go through the Bourbon Street entrance for further confirmation. That mall is not in a great area.
You're right, I'm sure lots of people who live in the area go there, I guess I'm more saying it's not the exciting place to go for Edmontonians like it seems to be for out of towners. I lived in the NW part of the city (well, St. Albert, close enough) which is where the mall is, outside of my gf and the shopaholic females in her family, I don't know anyone who went there as their go-to shopping spot. As you mentioned, it's pretty normal for locals to avoid the tourist traps in their own city. I don't think that's hipster, it's just the way it is.
And as always, E=NG