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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Lol- look I hate on Edmonton as much as anyone. I don't even live in Edmonton proper because of it's general ####tiness. But this is just silly. The river valley in edmonton is nothing like calgary's bow river. It's more akin to having fish creek park in the middle of the city.
Edmonton is god damn horrendous. Totally flat, filled with abundant toxicity spewing industry, windy and cold. Every approach to the city by road runs past an industrial area or beat up run down commercial zone. Half the street corners consist of competing liquor stores and a payday loan center in between. It smells like actual piss frequently.
YET, spending a day on the south side of the river valley (around U of A campus and strathcona) is pretty beautiful in the summer time. In fact it is quite easy to forget what you are surrounded by when you're there. It's also isolated by several upscale communities from the rest of the city.
Is it a gross, ####ty prairie town? Yes absolutely. Saskatoon is objectively more beautiful.
Is the river valley still beautiful anyways? Yes, very much, and not comparable to the bow river at all.
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I love just on the other side in Oliver and it's cool and (no) good. I moved last month and really dig it.