Sell me on Calgary

[rotten42]

Originally Posted by slcrocket

Hi Everybody,


My wife, however, has never been up there and while we have a family trip tentatively planned there for February,

Not a good time to sell the wife on making a change to Calgary. lol.

[RogerWilco]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

Calgary is a bigger Bozeman, but with friendlier people and all of the benefits and detriments that a larger city provides.

This is an interesting comment. I attended Montana State and lived in Bozeman for 5 years. I don't get a Bozeman vibe in Calgary at all. What do you think is similar to Bozeman other than being close to the mountains. Bozeman in right in the mountains.

[RogerWilco]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Yeah, Calgary is exactly like Bozeman if Bozeman was 25 times bigger, wtf.

If anything, Calgary is most similar to Denver if you are making comparisons to a US city. Culturally, geographically and in terms of affluence and affordability IMO.

All I would say to OP is that if you have kids, Calgary is a great place to raise them and Canada is the best country in the world.

If you have no kids, I'd seriously consider SoCal. You'll never get bored and it's the best weather in the world.

I also lived in Denver for close to 5 years. I would agree that Calgary is similar but rural Colorado has some crazies that makes are conservatives look liberal.

[HockeyIlliterate]

Originally Posted by RogerWilco

This is an interesting comment. I attended Montana State and lived in Bozeman for 5 years. I don't get a Bozeman vibe in Calgary at all. What do you think is similar to Bozeman other than being close to the mountains. Bozeman in right in the mountains.

The things that come to mind are:

Weather and the general sense of the clean air that both have;

Access to the outdoors/national parks (Yellowstone is roughly the same distance from Bozeman as Banff is from Calgary);

Relative sense of remoteness from other population areas;

The general sprawl and relatively unchecked growth of the town (Bozeman, if it gets lucky, may be Fort Collins a few years, but the town is definitely sprawling and losing farmland quickly);

Affluence, particularly compared to surrounding area (i.e., Bozeman has the only Audi dealership in the State, and the nearest one might be in Boise);

More progressive compared to surrounding area;

A decent destination location, with a somewhat stable underlying economy that is not tourist dependent; and

The general feeling of happiness that I get when I am in either town (admittedly, this is a personal matter, but still...).

[OMG!WTF!]

We now have a sex doll delivery service....


https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgarian...home-1.4751329


Anastasia is a ski instructor...SOLD!

[Fuzz]

The dolls all come with bios and backstories. There’s Anastasia, the ski instructor, Lara, who recently retired from the military, and Cameron, who is the only man on the roster.

Oh sure, so the women get cool backstories, but the guy is just "token dude". Sexist!

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Oh sure, so the women get cool backstories, but the guy is just "token dude". Sexist!

Perhaps you could write a sexy backstory for him.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Perhaps you could write a sexy backstory for him.

Cameron loves to double up with you on his mobility scooter, as he drives you around his exclusive lake community at Bonavista. Cameron enjoys frolicking in the waters, and keeping you company in your man cave garage.

[Sliver]

With a story that sexy you should have put it in NSFW tags.

[RogerWilco]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

The things that come to mind are:

Weather and the general sense of the clean air that both have;

Access to the outdoors/national parks (Yellowstone is roughly the same distance from Bozeman as Banff is from Calgary);

Relative sense of remoteness from other population areas;

The general sprawl and relatively unchecked growth of the town (Bozeman, if it gets lucky, may be Fort Collins a few years, but the town is definitely sprawling and losing farmland quickly);

Affluence, particularly compared to surrounding area (i.e., Bozeman has the only Audi dealership in the State, and the nearest one might be in Boise);

More progressive compared to surrounding area;

A decent destination location, with a somewhat stable underlying economy that is not tourist dependent; and

The general feeling of happiness that I get when I am in either town (admittedly, this is a personal matter, but still...).

Fair enough. For the record I love both places. I just personally always felt a different vibe in Bozeman than I did in Calgary when I came home. But that is just my personal feeling. Also I lived in Bozeman in the mid 90’s being there mist recently the summer of 2018 for a few days and a lot has changed. Although the pickle barrel is still there, so that made me happy.

[HockeyIlliterate]

I don't see the appeal of the Pickle Barrel.

Granny's Gourmet Donuts, though, is worth a 2000+ mile drive.

[Hemi-Cuda]

I've been doing some serious consideration on whether I want to stay in Calgary or not. On one hand I really like the city itself, our family/friends are here, traffic is the best of any major city I've spent time in, and having the mountains right next door is great. However the weather is terrible for the most part, the economy is struggling along with no immediate hope of improvement, and I can't stand the politics of this province. My wife and I both grew up in small towns and have no desire to go back to that type of lifestyle, so staying in Canada means options are limited for major cities. Vancouver is out, almost impossible to buy a house and I couldn't handle 5 months of rain. Toronto is just as bad housing wise, and everyone I know there has at least a 1 hour commute to work. I don't speak French so I assume that would harm any job prospects if I tried to move to Montreal

Looking outside of Canada at other English speaking countries, the US, UK and Australia are all a mess in their own ways. Feels like I'm stuck here with no better alternatives