Chad, honestly, I don't get why certain people continually piss all over Alberta. Chalk it up to ignorance I guess. Honestly, I'd just ignore them because it doesn't do much to sway them. I mean, they still try and bait you even after you constantly refute their claims.
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Originally Posted by lio45
... now the Edmonton guys might be irritated by that statement 
(I think they're a bit more thick-skinned, though.) |
lol! Yeah, Austin is often compared to Edmonton. Rightly or wrongly, both are considered bastions of liberalism and the arts in an otherwise conservative, hick-ish province/state.
That being said, although I'd consider Calgary a bit more conservative than Edmonton (I'd imagine most people from outside of the province wouldn't be able to pick up the difference), the city really is a very open and accepting place. Like others have said, it is a young city without the baggage that comes with a culture that has been cultivating for hundreds of years like in Newfoundland and Quebec and Nova Scotia. In Calgary, everyone is an outsider, by virtue of the fact that most Calgarians weren't born and raised there.