11-02-2006, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Smilin
Hi guys,
First time post..but read all of the time.
Just a quick question. I have been out of calgary for almost 10yrs now. Thinkin of moving back there soon..but I don't know anyone there anymore. Do you think Calgary is a easy place to get to know people? Still a friendly and welcoming place?
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I think it is. You're going to get jerks no matter what city you live in. The one thing to watch out for in Calgary is the rising crime rate, which comes with the massive growth we've had.
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11-02-2006, 01:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Calgary drivers are as bad as New Yorkers. Totally uncourtious, rude and have no basic knowledge of how to properly drive. There are exceptions, but for the most part, we suck.
But outside of their vehicles, they're as nice and polite as anywhere.
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11-02-2006, 01:57 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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I've been out of town for four years having just moved back in June and I find Calgarians to have changed very little. Still a great place to live with good people all over the place.
Sure there are problems with growth but it's still a city with a lot to offer!!!
Last edited by JohnnyFlame; 11-02-2006 at 04:01 PM.
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11-02-2006, 02:06 PM
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broke the first rule
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I've found that the people here are still, for the most part, friendly. Getting some more dickhead big city types, but that's natural evolution, I think.
My office has a TON of people from out of town...without exaggeration, I'm part of 20% who were born and raised in Calgary. I've found that people here get along with their co-workers pretty easily, and find it easy to hang out and such with them. So that's probably the easiest avenue for meeting people.
There's also no shortage of clubs/sports teams so to get out and about, either.
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11-02-2006, 02:07 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayems
Calgary drivers are as bad as New Yorkers.
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this is laughably untrue.
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11-02-2006, 04:15 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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If NYers drove in Calgary, there'd be 6 ad hoc lanes on Memorial and rush hour would last 15 minutes.
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11-02-2006, 05:09 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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I'm like 0/3 today.
I was going for more of a NY attitude over driving ability.
Last edited by Jayems; 11-02-2006 at 05:14 PM.
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11-02-2006, 05:29 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Boxed-in
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Actually we Calgarians are a bunch of dickheads.....you'd be better off not moving here, along with the other 50,000 people who are thinking of moving here in the next year.
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11-02-2006, 06:43 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
Exactly. It would be beautiful.
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Traffic in Calgary is not caused by volume. It is caused by painfully bad drivers - people who drive 50kph on Deerfoot, people who can't bother to move when the light is green, people who turn left so slowly a turtle could beat them, people who have to have to 100 feet between them and the car in front.
If people here drove with any semblance of skill, there'd be no such thing as rush hour.
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11-02-2006, 07:02 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Austin, Tx
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I was going to chime in on NY drivers too. Austin has the worst drivers I've ever encountered bar none. I would dream of the drivers here to have the abilities of NYC drivers...
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11-02-2006, 11:36 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Shazam
Traffic in Calgary is not caused by volume. It is caused by painfully bad drivers - people who drive 50kph on Deerfoot, people who can't bother to move when the light is green, people who turn left so slowly a turtle could beat them, people who have to have to 100 feet between them and the car in front.
If people here drove with any semblance of skill, there'd be no such thing as rush hour.
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Currently in Vancouver, the people are less courteous and the traffic system is complete mayhem...but hey they know how to book it, so if we could get Calgary's roads in Vancouver with more Vancouver drivers we might actually have a good traffic system.
Man I miss those nice big Calgary roads...where everything actually does make sense.
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11-03-2006, 12:04 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LGA
Currently in Vancouver, the people are less courteous and the traffic system is complete mayhem...but hey they know how to book it, so if we could get Calgary's roads in Vancouver with more Vancouver drivers we might actually have a good traffic system.
Man I miss those nice big Calgary roads...where everything actually does make sense.
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I've noticed that Vancouverites take very aggressive left turns. You'd think that cloud of ganja over the city would calm everybody down.
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