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Originally Posted by GGG
Outside of being an hour away from the worlds most beautiful outdoor playground. For anyone who loves the outdoors Calgary is probably the number 1 medium sized city or bigger in the world.
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Well I'd say Vancouver is the number one place for outdoor activities in Canada, before we even get to the world stage.
You're right that if you are a mountain enthusiast, especially a winter sports type of person, Calgary is a great place to be.
How often does the majority of the city go to the mountains though? 5-10 times per year? That much?
I'm not trying to denigrate either Calgary or Edmonton, but there are destination cities in the world like Vancouver, Montreal, Barcelona and London and there is everything else.
Calgary isn't a destination city. It's a stopover city on the way to the mountains.
Maybe that ruffles feathers, but only in people that have an absurd sense of pride in their city...... like they are maybe descendants of the founders or something?
I'm not sure why else anyone would get a swelling of pride from the city they live in. Seems like a weird thing to be proud about.
Maybe I'm old fashioned but I think pride should be reserved for personal accomplishments.
So I've never really understood the need to hate, or celebrate superiority over the nearest community that is roughly the same size as the one I currently live in.
I'm not from either Edmonton or Calgary so I don't have a dog in the fight. They are both fine cities as far as I'm concerned, but neither are anything special outside of economics IMO. Neither of them touch the vibrancy you find in places like Vancouver, Montreal, San Francisco, Portland, etc, etc, etc.
Edmonton and Calgary are both rather large devotions to urban sprawl and suburbia. How many neighborhood commercial areas have the exact same 15-20 chain stores/restaurants? Comfortable places to be, but lack the personality to be great.