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Originally Posted by GGG
For outdoor activities where is better. Just this weekend out hiking at met a guy from New York who said the next 2 miles are the most beautiful place on Earth. He was in awe that this place existed. Just blown away of how lucky we were to live here. It was maybe top 10 in Banff.
We blow the Sierras, Alps, US Rockies out of the water. Equal to the Andes but with much better employment and living conditions. I have not been to the Hemalayas and they are probably nicer but I'd rather live here. Mountain wise we actually have them unlike Vancouver and outside of the drive to Whistler you don't really have good winter options.
For Ski hills our terrain blows Europe out of the water. (They have more crappier hills with a few standouts).
So what city is better for outdoor activities. I think the only comparables would be in Australia which I have not been but then it would be ocean vs mountains and summer vs winter for which you like better.
As for Calgary being a stop over city to the mountains that is what makes it objectively better than Edmonton. The sweatpants and ugly people can be debated but where each is located definitively separates them
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Northern California and the Sierras I think rolls over Calgary on every category IMHO. Likewise the coastal range north of Vancouver is far more than just Whistler and having the ocean beside you is a huge plus for YVR. Could say likewise for Seattle Denver Colorado provides similar access to the Rockies with a much shorter winter - and much of the Colorado range is over 14000 feet.
the Rockies are incredibly scenic but the rock can be quite poor in quality and the skiing here is actually not that great because we live in a dry pocket (ie. low snowfall) and the winter is too damn cold.
Off this continent but staying in the G8 - Southern france and the Alps are amazing - with a better climate and granite mountains - albeit very crowded. Auckland New Zealand is also highly ranked for urban living and outdoor lifestyle - again with the climate that beats Calgary every time.
I like it here - but its far from #1