03-10-2008, 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by SarichFan
Also i'm not saying Phoenix is a cultural hotbed, .
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Well it is if you dig early bird specials.
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03-10-2008, 10:12 AM
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[quote=MelBridgeman;1225215]There are lots of things to do in the city of calgary depending on your interests....
20. Museum of Regiments
31. Naval Museum of Alberta
Now both of these are being combined into The Military Museums, and well worth a visit. In fact as to the repeat visit question, I have been to the Museum Of The Regiments many times as there is always so much to see. Also they have temporary exhibits like Dieppe, and Vimy that make another visit worthwhile.
I am excited to see the Naval museum moving into bigger digs, as it was pretty cramped there at 17th Ave SW. So much great stuff to see there also.
Remembering the thread about Signal hill and why it was called that etc. You can find out so much about that and Calgary's history at the museum. Documents photos interactive displays......
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03-10-2008, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SarichFan
Because there are jobs here, which is nice but with the higher wages comes a higher cost of living so it's pointless.
I can't wait to GIT OUT.
Also i'm not saying Phoenix is a cultural hotbed, but there's easily more to do.. especially if you're a sports fan.
and it's like 5 hours to L.A. How many times can I experience Radium, Banff, Vernon, Kelowna in my life? Bring on L.A. San Diego, Peurto Penasco Mexico, and so on.
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More like ONLY if you are a sports fan. Don't get me wrong, I go there for sports all the time, but what exactly do you plan to be doing in Phx to expand your cultural horizons? I'm still waiting to hear the answer to that one.
I'm not sure I even know what culture means. If you don't like the city, then fine, If I wasn't in O&G I may not either, but if you think calgary sucks because the downtown area is dead at night .... man, wait till ya get a load of downtown Phoenix.
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03-11-2008, 04:55 AM
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I find the Canadian cities I've been to generally are not great for culture, and Calgary has an underground scene, but it's pretty dead on the surface. Vancouver is significantly better than Calgary for culture I would say. Vancouver does not come close to world class culture in my opinion, but what could really expect from a city of 3 million with a short history. Still, here I am living in a city of 22 million and I wish there was the same level of culture here as there was in Vancouver (particularly music). Most of the world class cities for culture have way more culture than any person could take advantage of in a lifetime anyways. You really only need enough culture to get by on. I think the biggest problem in Calgary is the ease of finding underground culture.
*ends ramble*
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03-11-2008, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I find the Canadian cities I've been to generally are not great for culture, and Calgary has an underground scene, but it's pretty dead on the surface. Vancouver is significantly better than Calgary for culture I would say. Vancouver does not come close to world class culture in my opinion, but what could really expect from a city of 3 million with a short history. Still, here I am living in a city of 22 million and I wish there was the same level of culture here as there was in Vancouver (particularly music). Most of the world class cities for culture have way more culture than any person could take advantage of in a lifetime anyways. You really only need enough culture to get by on. I think the biggest problem in Calgary is the ease of finding underground culture.
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Quebec City would probably be the place to go for historical value, turning 400 years old and being the oldest city in North America and all.
And no city in the country comes close to Toronto's live music scene. If you're ever bored in Toronto, you have a problem.
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03-11-2008, 08:10 AM
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What is "culture", anyway? This topic has been debated here before and it seems that people call "things to do" "culture".
BS. There are plenty of things to do around here. Somebody just listed a few dozen examples. So what is it that Calgary so sorely lacks? There are bars and pubs with indie type bands playing, there are historical sites, there is more nature surrounding Calgary than most cities in the world could ever dream for. There used to be an orchestra, but apparently not enough fans to support them. There is pro sports...
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Where do you get your information!???? 
The Calgary Philharmonic is going strong. It had financial problems due to mismanagement a few years ago (Well, so did many orhestras including the Toronto Symphony) but they are doing quite well.
www.cpo-live.com
Anyway, there is really more to do in Calgary than many people realize - it just isn't as obvious in your face as larger cities. If you just do a little work finding out what is is out there, you'll be rewarded.
Go to Kensington, Beltline/17th ave, Inglewood, Mission's 4th street - Heck, when I was back in Calgary a couple weeks ago on business, even Stephen Ave is now bumping at night. Friday night, every bar and restaurant was packed at 9pm. 10 years ago? tumbleweeds. Calgary's changing. Plenty of cool neighbourhoods to hang out, and festivals coming out our ass. The restaurant scene is also significantly better than even 3-4 years ago.
Last edited by Bunk; 03-11-2008 at 08:15 AM.
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03-11-2008, 08:20 AM
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Huh. I could swear that they got shut down a couple years ago...
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03-11-2008, 08:28 AM
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Well I'll still go to another city for a sheer cultural experience, but Calgary has it's quaintness. We are, after all, big enough to host the Virgin Music Festival, and if Richard Branson can give this place a thumbs up the city must be doing something right.
I prefer the nightlife in Tokyo if anything, off-the-wall crazy and hideously fun.
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03-11-2008, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I prefer the nightlife in Tokyo if anything, off-the-wall crazy and hideously fun.
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Tokyo is nuts. I guess that is what happens when you have all he population of Canada, plus an additional entire Montreal all in one giant city! 
35 million people!
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03-11-2008, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Wookie
Culture? Well, now, let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means ... I know what you think it means, sonny. To me, it's just a made-up word. A elitists word, sonny. Young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie and go to a play or a fancy dinner party. What do you really want to say? That you're better than me? ... There's not a day goes by I don't feel bored. Not because I'm here. Because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then. A young, happy kid who went to bars, drank a lot, did some blow. I wanna talk to him. I wanna try to talk some sense to him. Tell him not to stop. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man's all that's left. I gotta live with that. Culture? That's just a bullshiz word. So you go on and go to your opera, play, or live band, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because, to tell you the truth, I don't give a shiz.
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I love it, nice parody on Red's Shawshank parole speech!
I laugh at people who are bored in Calgary. I grew up in the most fun city in Alberta: Fort McMurray. I guess growing up in the anus of the world makes you appreciate a world class city that much more. I moved here strictly for the stuff I could do outdoors, the rest was just a bonus.
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03-11-2008, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by josh white
Tokyo is nuts. I guess that is what happens when you have all he population of Canada, plus an additional entire Montreal all in one giant city!
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It took almost two and a half hours to get OUT of the city on our way to Nikko, Japan....On a TRAIN!
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03-11-2008, 09:06 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
It took almost two and a half hours to get OUT of the city on our way to Nikko, Japan....On a TRAIN!
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Well, if you like that kind of thing . . . . . .
I loved Rome, with culture batting you in the face day and night . . . . . then I found out 85% of Italian males aged 18-33 lived with their parents, largely for economic leverage.
Calgary is a great place to live . . . . . many of these other places, I find, are great to visit but the economics of actually living there in the same lifestyle as here would be very challenging indeed.
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03-11-2008, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Cowperson
I loved Rome, with culture batting you in the face day and night . . . . . then I found out 85% of Italian males aged 18-33 lived with their parents, largely for economic leverage.
Calgary is a great place to live . . . . . many of these other places, I find, are great to visit but the economics of actually living there in the same lifestyle as here would be very challenging indeed.
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So to sumarize: when Cow's kids are 18, they're out the door with no chance of return. 
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03-11-2008, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
So to sumarize: when Cow's kids are 18, they're out the door with no chance of return. |
They're already used to fending for themselves . . . . .
You can't find that in Tokyo baby!!! Well, maybe at a Sushi bar.
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03-11-2008, 09:46 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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my personal 2 cents worth is that calgary is definatley improving, but to an outsider probably still seems to be a 'dead' city...
one major problem seems to be the fact that calgary is a total car-city (the light train is great if you live near it of course) and thus less likely to develop 'centres', i love kensington for the fact it feels like a proper high street.
i do in fact really love calgary but i'm not sure i could live there
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03-11-2008, 10:19 AM
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It amuses me that people talk about all the things they can do in larger cities - problem is, people I know in big cities rarely do those things that we allegedly can't do in Calgary. They go to those events no more than we do. When we travel to a big city for a holiday, we take in all the same things that the locals would do over a year.
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03-11-2008, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by troutman
It amuses me that people talk about all the things they can do in larger cities - problem is, people I know in big cities rarely do those things that we allegedly can't do in Calgary. They go to those events no more than we do. When we travel to a big city for a holiday, we take in all the same things that the locals would do over a year.
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It's not just about events though. If you're on the coast you can just hang out by the piers and be entertained to no end. Fresh seafood, street entertainers, watersports, bikini babes etc. Even if you're just having a coffee on a patio the atmosphere is a lot better than sitting on 17th ave with all that traffic noise etc.
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03-11-2008, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Red
It's not just about events though. If you're on the coast you can just hang out by the piers and be entertained to no end. Fresh seafood, street entertainers, watersports, bikini babes etc. Even if you're just having a coffee on a patio the atmosphere is a lot better than sitting on 17th ave with all that traffic noise etc.
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We have street entertainers and bikini babes as I'm sure most cities do. And if you don't like patio's with traffic then go to one on Stephen Avenue in the summer... or hit up a roof top patio for a great view of the mountains... or hang out by the bow or elbow rivers (stanley park) for watersports and babes.... or go to a waterpark. There are many places in Calgary where you can "hang out and be entertained to no end".
...and whoever said we have 8 months of weather that you can't do physical activity in is obviously not into winter sports. If you can't find something to do in the winter here then you're not even trying.
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03-11-2008, 10:44 AM
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"winter" is a relative term. I only had to wear my goggles about 10 times this winter to fight the cold cycling to work. We had maybe 2 or 3 weeks of actual cold this year, I can put up with that anytime.
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