[Boris2k7]

The purpose of this thread is to figure out where everyone is at right now, and if we have a significant number of people from the Rest of Alberta (ROA), being the areas outside of Edmonton and Calgary CMA's. To clarify, this is whether or not you consider yourself a forumer from that area. For example, CorporateWhore is in New York, but he may or may not consider himself a Calgary forumer.

A similar question for further clarification: What part of Alberta do you represent?

[Surrealplaces]

Born and raised mostly in Calgary, so pretty easy one.

[Boris2k7]

Born and raised mostly in Calgary, so pretty easy one.

Yeah, I'm hoping it is not too confusing for people who have moved around though. For example, I consider myself to be from, or represent, Calgary even though I was born and partially raised in Edmonton. Such cases require a judgement call. Perhaps I should have worded the question differently.

In an ideal world, we would have around 100 votes for this poll, but I'm expecting only around a 50-60% participation rate (which I don't really understand, since voting in this kind of poll should be easy enough to do).

[Xelebes]

I think participation rates would be a bit higher, looking from the Sask-Man poll.

[lubicon]

Crap, should have read the post first before voting. I thought it was 'where are you from', as in where were you originally from. Not where do you live now.

Currently in Calgary but not 'from' Calgary. Born in N Alberta and moved around a fair bit as a kid. Consider myself to be 'from' N Alberta.

[Boris2k7]

That's my bad, not yours...

So would you say you 'represent' Calgary?

I should add this in: part of the reason for this poll is to see who currently on this forum is able to represent the rest of Alberta, to see if any sort of sticky would be feasible. Obviously, if there are no forumers keep the thread updated then it isn't really feasible.

[Calgarian]

Born in Calgary, then lived in Nova Scotia, then Calgary, then New Brunswick, then Calgary, Then Medicine Hat, and Back to Calgary. So I am pretty much born and raised, just stopped in a few other places along the way.

[Arriviste]

Calgary.

[lubicon]

So would you say you 'represent' Calgary?



I guess I do now, although I have a strong interest in what is happening throughout the province.

[freeweed]

Boris:

I guess you could have done 2 polls: "Where were you born", and "where's home" (to deal with students, for example) ;)

I would seriously like to do a study on how many born and raised Calgarians there are in this city, because I've only met 3 out of the hundreds of people I know here. :haha:

[entheosfog]

Grew up in Cochrane (considered myself a partial Calgarian ;)) then moved to Calgary when I started high school. Been in Calgary ever since.

[entheosfog]

Boris:

I guess you could have done 2 polls: "Where were you born", and "where's home" (to deal with students, for example) ;)

I would seriously like to do a study on how many born and raised Calgarians there are in this city, because I've only met 3 out of the hundreds of people I know here. :haha:

I've met quite a few born and raised Calgarians and many transplanted ones. I know a lot of former Sakatchewaners (Saskatchewanites??) and former Maritimers who call Calgary home now.

My dad and his mum were both born and raised here (Grandma lived in the town of Forest Lawn!) but spent time living in other countries. I was born overseas but raised in Cochrane from a real young age. Guess that doesn't count as born and raised? Just raised, I guess... :rolleyes:

[240glt]

Born in New Westminster, grew up in the Okanagan, went to Selkirk College, UBC then BCIT, graduated & worked in Vancouver for three years before being transferred to Calgary, then transferred to Edmonton in '04, where I've been since then. Own a house in Edmonton and 1/2 interest in a condo in d/t Calgary, as well as a chunk of remote-ish land S.E. BC, where I go when I need to unwind!

[DLLB]

Winnipeg and Victoria

[Stephen Ave]

O-town translplant.

[skrish]

Born and raised Calgarian here

[feepa]

Etown representing, though I like all topics on Alberta, and would like to see more news from other communities besides the CMAs of Edmonton and Calgary represent on this mofo

[Distill3d]

i'm an exVancouverite, exEdmontonian. bred, educated, and naturalised Calgaryan.

[CorporateWhore]

I live in New York, but the Calgary page is definitely home territory.

[Distill3d]

Boris:

I guess you could have done 2 polls: "Where were you born", and "where's home" (to deal with students, for example) ;)

I would seriously like to do a study on how many born and raised Calgarians there are in this city, because I've only met 3 out of the hundreds of people I know here. :haha:


lol

i was born overseas (Dublin, Ireland) and moved here as an infant. both my parents were Canadian (mom from Vancouver and dad from Calgary). I've always considered myself as a Calgaryan.

as for where is home? home for me is Edmonton. i love the city.

[lubicon]

Boris:

I guess you could have done 2 polls: "Where were you born", and "where's home" (to deal with students, for example) ;)

I would seriously like to do a study on how many born and raised Calgarians there are in this city, because I've only met 3 out of the hundreds of people I know here. :haha:

3 polls in my case:
1. where were you born
2. where do you live now
3. where do you consider yourself from

In my case I didn't even live in the town I was born in, and I don't consider myself to be from there (I grew up somewhere else).

I'd like to see the same study about born and raised Calgarians. In my highly unscientific polling I can tell you:

1. Out of the 5 people in my office, none were born in Calgary. Two of us were born in Alberta, 1 in Sask, and 2 are from the U.K.

2. On my hockey team (approx 16-17 guys), 3 are from Calgary. At least 3 are from Sask, 3 from Manitoba, 3 from Ontario. The rest are from various parts of Alberta (and all are north of Red Deer).

Based soley on that, less than 1/2 of these people are even from Alberta, let alone native Calgarians.

[Doug]

Calgary will always be home, but I'm from all over the place...

Born in Edmonton but only lived there for a few weeks before moving to Renton, WA (Seattle burb). My family has strong ties to Northen Alberta as my grandparents and great-grandparents were Northern Alberta homesteaders although all of them were born out of the country. Stayed there until age 4 and then went to Lloydminster. After livining there for a year, moved to Calgary. At age 9, moved to Plano, TX (Dallas burb). Stayed there for 2 years and then went back to Calgary. Graduated high school a 16 and moved to Toronto/London, ON (went to UWO, but worked in Toronto on weekends and days off). After 2 years there, moved to Edmonton for a year and a half to finish undergrad degree. Then moved to Vancouver to start first graduate degree at UBC. Only lasted there one semester and moved back to Edmonton. Stayed there for 3.5 year to complete two masters degrees. Then in 1995, moved to Burnaby, BC (Vancouver burb) to work. Stayed there for a year and then went back to Calgary in 96. Left there in late 2001 for Redmond, WA (eastside Seattle burb). Moved out of there in mid 2005, when Maria got a job a Hong Kong. I took the kids to Calgary for 6 months before we moved to Hong Kong as well in January of 2006.

[Just Build It]

I more or less a Calgarian these days, now that I've lived here over 10 years. Grew up in Brockville and Toronto, and lived in Edmonton for 9 months.

[JBinCalgary]

originally calgary, currently edson

[Blue 24]

Currently Chestermere, before Fort McMurray, before that Boil, born In
New Brunswick. :banana: just put this cus i'm listenning to
"Raise a little Hell."

[canucklehead2]

Born in Edmonton, but lived all across Alberta from Pincher Creek, Calgary, St Paul, Cold Lake, Vegreville and Edmonton. I voted EDM CMA...

[CanadianCentaur]

Born in Grande Prairie, lived in Canberra and Sydney, Australia until I came back to Canada as a young kid in '75, then lived in GP and later, Edmonton. But I still spent quite a bit of time in GP until I went to NAIT in '91. Although now a full time resident of Edmonton for at least 14 years, I still have strong ties to GP, as some of my family still live there.

[Habanero]

I've been a Calgarian for over a decade now. Originally from Rocky Mountain House, I've lived all around Alberta. Edmonton, Saskatoon, Athabasca, and briefly in Banff.

[feepa]

Where are the Edmonton people at?!

42-21 atm... wtf I didnt think the numbers were that unequal

[SteveP]

Where are the Edmonton people at?!

42-21 atm... wtf I didnt think the numbers were that unequal

Those numbers look about right. Calgary thread usually has about twice the number of views and posts.

[SteveP]

Born in Toronto, moved to Calgary as a teenager. I lived in London for a year and the south of France for a year. I've been living off and on in the middle east for the last 3 years. Now I'm here to stay.

[ummagumma66]

Born in Vancouver, raised in Toronto and Kitchener moved to Calgary.

[CMD UW]

Edmonton baby....lived in Kelowna, Vegreville and Waterloo, ON.

[Bokimon]

Hey Corporate:
I didnt know you lived in New York.
What part of the city do you live in and do you also take pictures/construction updates to projects happening in Manhattan>?
Also Bonus, did you go to JFK yesterday to see the A380 Manatee?? :D :)

Oh and I represent Calgary. Born in South Korea I would represent Busan in the SSC threads but I only go there to look at construction/city pictures of my home city of Busan. Otherwise I was raised here and see myself as more of a canadian rather than a korean.

[Jay in Cowtown]

Grew up 30 minutes northwest of Calgary, married a city girl and bought a house here... and as soon as I make enough money on it, I'll sell and buy an acerage back out in Water Valley... hopefully sooner than later.

[m0nkyman]

Victorian in the house, but for the purposes of the poll, voted Edmonton CMA.

[tokama]

C-town born, raised and currently occupying.

[Reesonov]

Born in Victoria, raised in Calgary, currently in Kashgar, Xinjiang.

[frinkprof]

Born in Lethbridge, lived in Keg River (where?), lived in Calgary, currently going to university in Fredericton, NB. Likely Calgary long-term after school's done.

[SunCoaster]

Born in Calgary ... lived the bulk of my life (so far) in SW Edmonton near the UofA... attended Scona Comp HS and graduated from the UofA ... too many winters in the snow and cold so about 7 years ago traded for the rain and cool of the Sunshine Coast, BC. Bottom line ... fairly active forumer on the Edmonton related threads but so so in terms of participation on the other Alberta threads ... BUT, despite now living in the Vancouver area I'm still an Oiler, Eskimos, and Golden Bear fan thru and thru :tup:

[Spencer]

Born in Calgary,partially raised in Bragg Creek and mostly rasied in St. Albert.

[Coldrsx]

Ottawa - Edmonton - Vancouver - Edmonton

[basilbrush]

Mostly Edmonton since 1982. Prior to that - Stuck up Brit.

[chuber]

Born and raised in Calgary, but in Edmonton for exactly the last half of my life. (15 years in each city) I definitely consider myself an Edmontonian.

I really like both cities though but I am a 100% Oiler fan (parents moved to Edmonton from Germany before they went to Calgary and they brainwashed me at a young age). lol

[Tower Crane]

Born and raised in Winnipeg and Relocated to Edmonton / Sherwood Park.

[tallisgood]

Born in Medicine Hat, AB. But an Edmontonian for 33 years.

[lubicon]

Well, if we're telling our life story:

Born in Fairview (never lived there though - it was the closest hospital)

Lived in:
Worsley, Jarvie, Grande Cache, Edmonton, Hay Lakes, Peace River, Red Deer, Lloydminster, Red Deer (again), Edmonton (again), Beaumont, and now Calgary for the past 10 years.

[freeweed]

Grew up 30 minutes northwest of Calgary, married a city girl and bought a house here... and as soon as I make enough money on it, I'll sell and buy an acerage back out in Water Valley... hopefully sooner than later.

I LOVE the Water Valley Salloon. Living in Calgary it's easy to forget just how much of the "old west" still exists if you just drive a bit off the beaten path.

They still have a hitching post! :worship:

[Kevin_foster]

Edmonton.

[Rob D]

Born and raised Saskatchewanian. Calgary for last 16 years. Moving to Vancouver within the year hopefully!

[Tilly]

Born and raised in North Battleford, Sask. moved to Edmonton in 1998.

[Harrison]

Raised and presently live in Athabasca.

[Jay in Cowtown]

I LOVE the Water Valley Salloon. Living in Calgary it's easy to forget just how much of the "old west" still exists if you just drive a bit off the beaten path.

They still have a hitching post! :worship:

I spent many a night and paychecks on their "Country Size" Rye-diets, back in the day.

let me guess... you went in there after 18 holes at WVGC for overpriced wings and watered down draft?

Fun bar though... just minutes from where I grew up.

[Tobyoby]

Been in Calgary for 5 years now. Grew up in Sudbury, and have lived in Toronto and Ottawa.

[freeweed]

let me guess... you went in there after 18 holes at WVGC for overpriced wings and watered down draft?

:haha:

Actually, I used to hit it up for a meal after a day visiting various plants in the general area. The waitresses (they recently had this one CUTE Aussie gal) would often ask me if I'd been up working on the rigs. If you've ever seen me, you'd know how funny that is, but I guess they were being kind. I'm your stereotypical skinny IT geek.

Don't golf, although I do ski. That's one step down in the pompousity ladder. ;)

[jeffwhit]

Calgary!

[JerryK]

City Of Champions!!!!?????:D

[Western Spaghetti]

Originally from Edmonton, moved to Calgary in 1996. Still cheer for Edmonton sports teams, which has been tough lately, but last years Oil rally was great to be an Oil fan in Cowtown.

[chenmau]

Calgary. Raised in Edmonton. I was here part time from '97-'99. I moved in '99.

[ibz]

Edmonton, have lived in Lethbridge and some other places though as well

[Daver]

Born in Banff, lived in Canmore then Calgary-Drumheller-Calgary and back to Drumheller. I don't wana go any further east than that!

[Atlguy33]

Born in Miami, moved to central Florida (Fruitland Park/Leesburg), then at the age of 9 moved to Atlanta metro area. Grew up in Powder Springs, lived briefly in Lithia Springs, now reside in Marietta.

Have visited Edmonton 6 times, Calgary once, Banff once, Jasper once, Red Deer once. Oh yeah, stopped off for dinner in Edson once.

[Danma]

Born and raised in Edmonton, but have spent my post-U of A career entirely in Calgary. I consider myself a Calgarian after a total of 8 years living here on Co-Op terms and regular jobs. I am interested in Edmonton threads however.

[KrisYYC]

Born in Winnipeg, moved to Calgary in 1982 at the ripe age of 2.

Kris

[slapshot™]

Born in Edmonton.

Places I have lived:
- Edmonton
- Wetaskiwin
- Lethbridge
- Morinville
- Grimshaw
- Peace River
- Whitecourt

Currently reside in Lloydminster.

[jawagord]

Born in High River
Grew up in Nanton, Blackie, Coleman, Turner Valley
Went to UofC for 5 years (4.5 year program)
20 years living in Calgary
Now almost 4 years living in Jakarta, Indonesia