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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I wouldn't be surprised if it's 70-30 in favor of Oilers fans in the province. I would say it's probably 50-50 in southern alberta but northern Alberta 80% Oilers fans. Even in Calgary you don't see nearly the Flames flags or people wearing Flames merchandise compared to Edmonton.
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I think you are hitting on both fandom and fanaticism. I agree province wide there are more Oilers fans- I think they are also more likely (even per capita) to be vocal/obvious about their fandom so this accentuates the difference- the Ferrari, the McDavid paintings etc etc