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Old 01-08-2016, 12:17 PM   #1
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I got to thinking about this whenever someone would seem shocked about how far back my family goes in Calgary/Alberta area. 3/4 of my grandparents were born in Alberta - 2 in Calgary and area, 1 in Three Hills (the fourth in Ottawa). It seems very rare to have this much lineage in the area (aside from First Nations, of course). I did the math last year and we are at 101 years since my great grandparents arrived.

So -- how long have you and your family been here in Calgary?
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:18 PM   #2
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I thought you lived in Buffalo.
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:21 PM   #3
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20 years in October. I've spent 98% of my life in Alberta.
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:22 PM   #4
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:23 PM   #5
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:28 PM   #6
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:43 PM   #7
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Moved here October 1995.

Not quite half of my life but I am getting closer to it with each passing year...
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:46 PM   #8
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born here in '72, left in '83, came back in 2002.
haha, #oldballs

I moved there in '86/87, can't really remember, was grade 9. Just moved 2011. I was actually talking to a buddy today about all the change in Calgary over the past 20ish years.
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:47 PM   #9
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Immigrated to Canada in 2001 and been in Calgary ever since.
Where did you move from?
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:50 PM   #11
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Iran.
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:51 PM   #12
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haha, #oldballs

I moved there in '86/87, can't really remember, was grade 9. Just moved 2011. I was actually talking to a buddy today about all the change in Calgary over the past 20ish years.
in that 20 years it really has become a completely different city in a lot of ways.

...and yeah, I'm old.
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Sorry, I was wondering where you came from, not how you got here.
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:53 PM   #14
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Hahaha I guess it works that way too, but it's true.
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Old 01-08-2016, 12:54 PM   #15
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Born and raised. 1980-present makes 35 years.
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in that 20 years it really has become a completely different city in a lot of ways.

...and yeah, I'm old.
After I typed my response, I realized I am older than you.

Iggy City, congrats on moving to Canada. my family emigrated from the UK was I was young, thank fata.
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since '85 when I was a young tyke. Glad my mom chose to move here, because I don't know if I have the guts to move cities on my own and my hometown sucks.
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