[Traditional_Ale]

Without cheap property/rents and good oil money for laborers and the service industries that come with that, is there actually a reason to live in a place that is a frozen wasteland nine months a year? And for those left behind?

Remember, people. This is CALGARY. Where unless you make at least $100,000/yr, live in a suburb, and drive a car you are obviously less than human and a failure at life; completely undeserving of even the most basic modicum of dignity and respect.

Now, that might sound like semi-humorous rhetoric on a msg board of people who make the same joke, but having spent likely a lot more time than most people on this board up close with the most undesirables, most rejected of society, the sentiment is bang on. Many of these people have descended to the level of animals simply because they feel so thoroughly rejected by not just their society, but the universe and life itself that all they can do is get high and somehow have the courage to not knowingly kill themselves. But for so many, death is a sweet and not unwelcome end even if they've convinced themselves they're not looking for it. At this point, who would give an eff what anyone anywhere thinks anytime?