12-24-2015, 05:41 PM
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If it's any consolation, I'm moving up there too in the next six months ... However I happen to like edmonton, even if I'm born and raised in Calgary. You'll find its not so bad, its what you make of it and dont let preconceptions get in the way.
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12-24-2015, 05:49 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Edmonton
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I move here last year and quite like it. I wish the mountains were closer but I think the city is great. Lot's of great restaurants opening up and it feels cheaper than Calgary.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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12-24-2015, 06:13 PM
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#23
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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I loved living in Edmonton
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12-24-2015, 06:47 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Calgary
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I've never been more disappointed in CP than I am in this thread.
Of course Edmonton is OK, but to actually admit it....
Mind bottling.
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12-24-2015, 06:57 PM
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Franchise Player
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Edmonton is great. Contact me when you get here and I'll buy you a welcome lunch. Seriously.
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12-24-2015, 09:36 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Originally Posted by wired
The sweat pants thing is so true, sadly I do not own one pair. Guess I am not in style there.
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I dunno about that, but - outside of the workplace if you're in an office environment anyway - there's nowhere in that city where a baseball hat is a faux pas, even in a nice restaurant or an upscale play. I'm not even kidding.
You'll be ok, if anything it'll strengthen your resolve as a Flames fan being in that environment. If you used to live there, I'm sure you know the areas to avoid when house hunting. There are definitely some nice communities there.
Last edited by Sainters7; 12-24-2015 at 09:38 PM.
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12-24-2015, 09:41 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Strathmore
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I grew up a stones throw from the coliseum....aka Rexall place. Thanks for both congrats and condolences fellas.
Gonna try and find a place close to the u of a, where the woman will be working.
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12-27-2015, 06:59 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Strathmore
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Got a rental place in Inglewood. Wow are the rental properties that will let you have pets are really bad. Move on the 2nd.
Last edited by wired; 12-27-2015 at 10:43 PM.
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12-28-2015, 07:35 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Calgary
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If you're in Inglewood, just try to avoid going too far north to 118th, or too far south to 107th.
I had a good time in Edmonton for the 4 years I lived there. As much heat as the city gets around here, it's certainly far superior to living in Red Deer or Medicine Hat.
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12-28-2015, 10:21 AM
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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There's honestly no difference between Calgary & Edmonton.. Yeah I said it.
Enjoy your time in a City, living life and doing things really no different than what you'd be doing in Calgary.
Congrats to your wife! 
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12-28-2015, 10:34 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: YYC
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Opened thread expecting exactly what was posted. Edmonton is fine, it's exactly like Calgary.
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12-28-2015, 11:19 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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Lived there back in the late 90's abs really enjoyed. Mo's sports bar was great, went all the time since I worked right there. Still have good friends living there.
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12-28-2015, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Hatter
If you're in Inglewood, just try to avoid going too far north to 118th, or too far south to 107th.
I had a good time in Edmonton for the 4 years I lived there. As much heat as the city gets around here, it's certainly far superior to living in Red Deer or Medicine Hat.
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Don't know when you were last there, but 118th has really come around, there's been a lot of work done there, and it's a lot nicer than it used to be.
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12-28-2015, 02:18 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow
Enjoy your time in a City, living life and doing things really no different than what you'd be doing in Calgary.
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Unless you enjoy doing anything in the mountains without driving 5 hours.
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12-28-2015, 02:44 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: east van
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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Unless you enjoy doing anything in the mountains without driving 5 hours.
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Or like watching a hockey team play defence, or win or be competently managed or owned.
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12-28-2015, 02:54 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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Originally Posted by Galakanokis
Lived there back in the late 90's abs really enjoyed.
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Are your abs now a keg?
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12-28-2015, 02:56 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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Originally Posted by Regulator75
Are your abs now a keg?
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They are in the rough shape of a Keg yes.
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12-28-2015, 04:11 PM
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#38
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Unless you enjoy doing anything in the mountains without driving 5 hours.
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Or 3.5...
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12-28-2015, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Or 3.5...
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On a good day Jasper is 4. Kicking Horse is 5.5, Sunshine is 4.5. So I averaged.
3.5 from Edmonton to the park boundary or Miette perhaps. Regardless, you're not exactly doing an afternoon trip out there and considering an Edmonton resident a handful of posts above you wished the mountains were closer...
To say Edmonton has the EXACT same things to do as Calgary is absurd unless you're confining that strictly to city limits.
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12-28-2015, 07:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
On a good day Jasper is 4. Kicking Horse is 5.5, Sunshine is 4.5. So I averaged.
3.5 from Edmonton to the park boundary or Miette perhaps. Regardless, you're not exactly doing an afternoon trip out there and considering an Edmonton resident a handful of posts above you wished the mountains were closer...
To say Edmonton has the EXACT same things to do as Calgary is absurd unless you're confining that strictly to city limits.
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Which, to be fair, when people are talking about a city they usually are just talking about the city.
I'd say to a lot of people proximity to the mountains isn't a big deal. Doesn't seem to matter how hard I try, I still only seem to make it once a year 
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