Do you feel safe living in Calgary?

[BlackArcher101]

Originally posted by MarchHare@Sep 4 2004, 05:33 PM
Slightly off-topic, but related: does anyone know what was going on at the 8th and 7th Macs yesterday afternoon?

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/index.php?showtopic=1825

[Calgary Flames]

I feel safe everywhere I go.. I'm a big guy 220lbs 6'2" and have had people try to start things with me but they are always all talk...

for example, some lebanese prick on the Red Mile tried to steal my flag I said "Hell no" and kept walking... the little prick didn't do a damn thing.... and if he did try something he'd get my flag alright... with the pole wrapped around his head.

I never go out of my way to be in fights, but believe me if I have to defend myself I'll go Reaper on 'em

[JiriHrdina]

I've lived most of my life in Calgary and always felt safe. There are some bad areas sure but if you are aware of your surroundings than you are OK.

In contrast I also lived in Vancouver and there were definately times when I did not feel safe there. (this is not intended to be a slam against Vancouver, its a great city). There were some areas that I wandered into that were just not safe.

[Clarkey]

Calgary is pretty safe but you still have to watch yourself, even if you are a big imposing guy.

I was at the mall yesterday and there were groups of these bad looking little buggers all over the place. I would hate to be in highschool right now and have to have these loser kids as my classmates.

[monty_]

I feel very safe in Calgary, even as a female, and i'm not even an intimidating looking female at all. Of course I don't wonder around at night all by myself and I'm usually with a friend when in downtown, but I've never really felt in danger.

if you're using common sense Calgary is a very safe city.

[Yellefan]

I feel safe-- the one thing you gotta remember is that bad news sells, so the newspapers and tv stations will report on bad things that happen before good things... why are murders or assaults always the first stories that tv stations report on? Because it sells... which in turn makes people afraid, people who have no reason to be afraid. If you don't involve yourself in shady activities you really have nothing to fear-- if you're buying or selling drugs downtown then yes maybe you should be but the vast majority of us are really quite safe despite what the news tells us.

[Eddie Bronze]

I come from a town of about 500 people back in Nova Scotia where some people don't even lock their cars in the driveway. I feel no less safe here, living by myself, knowing noone, than I did back there. Mind you, I make sure I lock my car up and I don't leave any personal items in it, but I'm not worried in the least.
If something were to happen, I realize it's just a random act and from what I've experienced so far, seems to be no more or less likely to happen here than back there. My sister had her stereo stolen in a car pool parking lot. A guy I worked with had his entire car stolen while we were in the movie theatre in Halifax. Crime is not relative to location, it's associated with action. At least the majority of it is anyway. Random acts will happen though, regardless of your location.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

no comment

[said after stumbling in after a night on the town in Halifax]

[CaptainCrunch]

I tend to feel pretty safe here, I've seen things that are a lot scarier than what goes on here.

Again as somebody else stated if I was a girl I would feel different.

The people that are threatening and loud, and go out of thier way to look tough or scary, don't worry me, they're the ones that I can put into a bad position, and make back down.

Its the quiet people that can blend in that are the ones that you have to worry about.

I have found that the big diffence between Calgary, and a small town with little crime is you have to be aware of whats happening around you here, if you do that your usually ok.

Most people that want to use a knife on you or a gun, are usually the people that don't know how to use the weapon of thier choice, if you get confronted by someone like that, and you can keep your head, and look for a backing away point your going to be ok.

when I lived in Dallas, I had a guy pull a knife on me in a bar. I told him I was going to take the knife from him, and use it on him in a bloody and spectacular manner, and he backed off.

Most of these thugs are either stupid or cowards. The advantage goes to the peron that panics last.

Wow its late

[Oxygen-Supply]

Originally posted by peter12@Sep 4 2004, 08:13 PM
I have been to about 15 or so large metropolitan cities like Dublin, London, Prague, Vancouver etc... Calgary is by far the safest city. In European cities you have to avoid large crowds, alleyways, Gypsies (because they beat the sh*t out of you if you don't give them money).

Calgary has fairly safe streets, exluding the beltline and such.

If you look in a rush or mad at something they leave you alone. works every time. Or talk about nothing to some one, but make it sound like a big deal.

Walking and looking around, by your self. You are just asking for it.

[Scrambler]

one word, yes!!!

[The Goon]

Calgary's a great city, immensely safe when compared to other places around the world. Hell, I used to walk around downtown Toronto at 2:00am by myself when I was 19-20.

When I was telling some friends out east that people in Calgary were worrying about an increase in crime, they thought that the only crimes happening out here was cattle rustling and the like.

[Cowboy]

Originally posted by The Goon@Sep 6 2004, 09:39 AM
Calgary's a great city, immensely safe when compared to other places around the world. Hell, I used to walk around downtown Toronto at 2:00am by myself when I was 19-20.

When I was telling some friends out east that people in Calgary were worrying about an increase in crime, they thought that the only crimes happening out here was cattle rustling and the like.

That is why we (in general) don't like them.