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Originally Posted by Corral
Because most people in Calgary work for an industry that has pushed the true cowboy lifestyle off the land. So its really a slap in the face for folks to put on their designer jeans for 10 days and pretend to be cowboys. If you've had to deal with oil and gas on the ranch, you'd know what i'm talking about.
Sorry - quote function didn't work - but this was in response to Textcritic's question earlier about why some in Calgary question the heritage.
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Wait—what???
The jaded ranchers are put off by Calgary’s Stampede heritage because the O&G bureaucrats like to dress up like cowboys? That just does not make a lick of sense.