Living in Airdrie

[Old Yeller]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Calgary is a hole, Airdrie is a way nicer community. Personally I didn't want my Caucasian children to be a minority in their schools

Voice of reason right here folks.


This is turned into a my neighborhood could beat up your neighborhood thread pretty fast.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Calgary is a hole, Airdrie is a way nicer community. Personally I didn't want my Caucasian children to be a minority in their schools

for the record I no longer live in a-town even it was getting too crowded

Immigrants.

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Calgary is a hole, Airdrie is a way nicer community. Personally I didn't want my Caucasian children to be a minority in their schools

for the record I no longer live in a-town even it was getting too crowded

Yeah, it must be tough for white people being minorites with how they've been treated by black people all these years.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by puckluck

I guess it's different strokes for different folks. I like the feeling of being on edge with the possibility of being stabbed with every passing minute on my evening walks.

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Guess I'll live longer than you

And flameswin was probably too drunk to even remember what happened at the Highriver ER let alone vouch for it.

He got a puck in the mouth during a hockey game. Tried Calgary's ER's and was ready to give up until I told him of our ER

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Calgary is a hole, Airdrie is a way nicer community. Personally I didn't want my Caucasian children to be a minority in their schools

for the record I no longer live in a-town even it was getting too crowded

Airdrie became a lil too colourful for your tastes?

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Calgary is a hole, Airdrie is a way nicer community. Personally I didn't want my Caucasian children to be a minority in their schools

for the record I no longer live in a-town even it was getting too crowded

I'm grabbing some popcorn, anyone else want some?

[dino7c]

garbage bag limit a complaint? maybe Airdrie wants a sustainable community. Encourage people to recycle and cut down on waste. Go visit the landfills in the Calgary area its pretty sad what people throw away because they are too lazy

[Cowboy89]

I think the reason for a lot of the growth in Airdrie is the cost.

Now I cannot say this is the reason for everyone, but anecdotally in my experiences, I find that even in Calgary's outter suburbs, a lot of the people buying new starter homes are just barely able to afford a detached home with a minimum down payment. For people who can't afford Calgary then Airdrie might be just within reach for them to shoehorn themselves into a detached house vs. a condo or a townhome in Calgary.

This might also explain the growth of Canada's fastest growing city Milton, ON. Simply that both cities are pretty much the cheapest place to get a newly built detached home within commuting distance of a major city. I think it's a symptom of how unaffordable real estate has gotten in this country.

[Hevishot]

Originally Posted by CKPThunder

I talked with a sales guy a few years ago who lived in Airdrie and his only complaint was that his community had a 2 garbage bag limit per household per week. If this is true, I have no idea how any families with children would be able to cope with this type of restriction.

Can anyone who lives in Airdrie or has lived in Airdrie confirm whether or not this salesman was pulling my leg?

Its true. But you can go to home depot and buy those big a$$ orange glad bags which are like 2 black bags in 1 and put 2 of those bad boys out and they will take them.

[dino7c]

saying you don't want your kids to be a minority in their school is not racism...people send their kids to schools based on certain cultural and religious beliefs every day

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by dino7c

saying you don't want your kids to be a minority in their school is not racism...people send their kids to schools based on certain cultural and religious beliefs every day

I don't recall anyone saying it was racism. Just ignorant and stupid.

And people send their kids to schools based on certain cultural beliefs everyday, you are correct. You didn't say that though. You said you sent them to a different school because of the color of their skin.

[burn_this_city]

You know you're on the racist wagon when Scotianlotion thanks your post.

[Hevishot]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Airdrie became a lil too colourful for your tastes?

Theres not alot of "color" in my community in Airdrie. There was 1 family but I think the abundance of honkys that surrounded them was enough to move them out.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by puckluck

I don't recall anyone saying it was racism. Just ignorant and stupid.

No, it's pretty racist.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by dino7c

saying you don't want your kids to be a minority in their school is not racism...people send their kids to schools based on certain cultural and religious beliefs every day

The funny/sad part is you went out of the way to say your kids were white, they turn around and say it isn't racist.

So saying you want your kids to go to school where it's mostly white people doesn't seem slightly racist to you?

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by rubecube

No, it's pretty racist.

Agreed, but my point was that no one called him racist and he defended himself not being racist without anyone calling him racist. Usually a big sign that you are racist.

[dino7c]

I want my kids to be able to sing xmas songs, wear Halloween costumes, and not need to bring a gun to school. that better?

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

You know you're on the racist wagon when Scotianlotion thanks your post.

I've even included quotes for reference!

Originally Posted by puckluck

I don't recall anyone saying it was racism. Just ignorant and stupid.

I'm gonna go with guilt by association. Look who thanked dino7c's post, then read the following:

Originally Posted by Scotian Lotion

I wasn't always like this, but buying groceries, surrounded by Osama lookalikes and half the women wearing niqabs and looking like they stepped out a 1000 B.C. time machine... it pisses me off.
Get the f*** with the times and integrate into the country you decided to move to.

Click the red thingy for even more crazy.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by dino7c

saying you don't want your kids to be a minority in their school is not racism...people send their kids to schools based on certain cultural and religious beliefs every day

The Following User Says Thank You to dino7c For This Useful Post: George Wallace, Strom Thurmond

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by dino7c

maybe Airdrie wants a sustainable community.

Did you really just use the words "Airdrie" and "sustainable" in the same sentence?