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Originally Posted by djsFlames
I'd like to hear why?
As an avid hiker that can see the mountain landscape from my deck I just can't see what edmonton can offer to make it a more enticing summer place, aside from slightly warmer evenings.
Maybe for people with more urban lifestyles that appreciate festivals, since edmonton supposedly tries its darndest to overcompensate for having no greatest outdoor show on earth with multiple inferior ones.
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I'm team Calgary all the way, but I do find our 'mountains so close' arguments a bit funny since it speaks to something not actually in our city (though I'll take your point about the mountain views). Most people visit the mountains 0-10 times a year.
As for Edmonton, I'd say the warmer evenings and generally more stable weather in the summer months. Of course they get T-storms and general rain, too, but in my limited 2 year sample size there it just seemed more stable and predictable.
I also found there is also a certain 'je ne sais quoi' in the air there in the summer that I don't find as much here...not sure how to explain it, though.
Of course, for the most part, E=NG.