Late afternoon, another day is nearly done
A darker grey is breaking through a lighter one
A thousand sharpened elbows in the underground
That hollow hurried sound, feet on polished floor
And in the dollar store, the clerk is closing up
And counting loonies trying not to say
I hate Winnipeg
The driver checks the mirror seven minutes late
The crowded riders' restlessness enunciates
The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
The same route everyday
And in the turning lane
Someone's stalled again
He's talking to himself
And hears the price of gas repeat his phrase
I hate Winnipeg
And up above us all
Leaning into sky
Our golden business boy
Will watch the North End die
And sing, "I love this town"
Then let his arcing wrecking ball proclaim
I
Hate
Winnipeg
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The Winnipeg of my youth was an awesome place to grow up but in the last 20 years the old north end and older downtown residential areas have become so run down that they have become a dumping ground and magnet for the human trash that nobody wants.
I moved to Calgary 20 years ago and love it here. I'd love to win the lotto max so I can rescue my kids from Winnipeg and resettle them here. I give them credit back home. The people are doing the best they can to turn the place around. It takes time. Lots of worse places to live. And they have a great hockey team again!
This 'trashing' of cold climate cities because of their weather, least of all from millionaire athletes that make a living skating on frozen ice and likely grew up around these types of conditions, is unfunny and tiring at this point. I tend to tune out these types of comments from professional athletes now.
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I wonder what it is with the Sharks specifically trashing Winnipeg. One of the funnier hockey articles I remember reading a few years back was from Fear the Fin, the Sharks' most well-read blog, where they basically looked into Winnipeg and what it was about, partly through Wikipedia. They concluded that the city's slogan should be "Winnipeg: Come for the Public Libraries, Stay Because You've Been Stabbed".
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Winnipeg is far from the most exciting place on Earth but I'm kind of surprised by comments like these from the traveling team.
How much time are they really spending in Winnipeg that makes it worth complaining about? They show up, get to the Hotel, eat, sleep, practice, play, cool down and leave.
So Winnipeg may not have much to offer, they just spend more time there. I know some teams budget more time spent in places like Vegas or New York or wherever.
If these comments came from the players who live in Winnipeg I could understand that a bit more because they actually have some downtime, but thats about it.
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As someone who is obliged to spend weeks at a time in both for work, I prefer Winnipeg's downtown to Edmonton. Much livelier, much friendlier, much more character. It does get bitterly cold there though. -30 there feels much much colder than -30 in Calgary.
As someone who is obliged to spend weeks at a time in both for work, I prefer Winnipeg's downtown to Edmonton. Much livelier, much friendlier, much more character. It does get bitterly cold there though. -30 there feels much much colder than -30 in Calgary.
Weeks at a time in Edmonton and Winnipeg? What do you do for a living? Grim Reaper?
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Why does where he grew up matter? It is not like that anyone gets to choose that. If he as an adult chose to live there then this would be a point.
You're right, he's choosing to play a profession where people in cold Canadian cities like Winnipeg and Calgary furnish him a lavish lifestyle for him and his children and his childrens children, and they're crying like little snow flakes about the cold. Get bent.
Wheeler, Buff, and Little extended themselves as pending UFA's but were all under contract. i wouldn't count them but they def chose to stay in Winnipeg long term when they could have tested the market.
I'm sure they chose the organization and not the city, but, clearly the city isn't a huge barrier for Winnipeg to build and retain a team. I couldn't possibly care less that big name FA's won't want to sign in Winnipeg. Let New York and LA overpay for free agents.
