To be fair, Edmonton isn't as awful in the summer time. But not going to be fun for anybody who ventures up there for September to March based off that recommendation.
When I graduated university I went backpacking for 6 months through Europe and Asia. I put away the lonely planet guide early on once it recommended a stop in Dresden, Germany. Truly the Edmonton of Europe, with a limited amount of nice buildings similar in looks to the legislature but the rest of the city re-built after the war in square soviet architecture. A waste of 3 days, after day 1 we pretty much just drank in the hostel all day because there was nothing else worth exploring.
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