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Originally Posted by blankall
Even in this thread, there were already comments about how drinking is only for people at a certain point in their life. Within that comment is the connotation that anyone who drinks is neglecting other parts of their life, like career, children, family etc... I'd call that a fairly extreme negative association between drinking and some kind of moral failure.
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There isn't a single person who has said drinking is only for people at a certain point in their life. One person said Schanks was like that, citing the bad food and sports bar vibe, but not a single person has said drinking in general or going out to the bar in general.
In fact, you're the only person who came close, saying that to become a bar regular you had to "abandon your responsibilities." So, the negative connotation is weirdly coming from you? lol
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Originally Posted by blankall
Shanks is horrible.
Part of the reason for that was lack of resources to improve the place. Conversely, no new sports bars arose. Meanwhile, down south sports bars are getting bigger and bigger. Through the entire weekend, these places are packed with people of all ages.
Meanwhile in Calgary, where not only local teams are very well supported, but there is a significant following for non-domestic sports like the NFL, there isn't a single popular sports bar. Calgary is very much a sports town, yet no one is going out to see the games.
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Calgary isn't much of a sports town. Maybe hockey, but that's a stretch. The Flames do well enough when they do well enough. All of our other professional teams are largely ignored.
The answer is pretty simple and it has nothing to do with a shame around drinking. Calgary (and maybe Western Canada, I don't know) is obsessed with Irish Pubs and Brew Pubs. Sure, in the states there are sports bars opening up left and right. Here? That's brew pubs. I guarantee you couldn't name all the ones that opened in the last two years or are getting set to open.
Calgarians don't seem to care about sports as much as Americans, but they love drinking together, they would just rather drink a nicer beer and chat with their friends than sit with a room temperature bud light staring at a TV.
But even Irish pubs like Limericks balance both worlds. Their upstairs is filled with TVs and they're slammed during most sporting events.