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While you may not like it, there is a segment of the population that finds beauty in the open prairie and the vast wilderness of the north.

Calgary isn't in the mountains and so while it is a quick getaway for people on the weekends, it has little bearing on the day-to-day happenings in Calgary.

I'm guessing that to you, Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa, and Atlanta, not to mention London, Paris, and Berlin are in areas devoid of interesting nature.

Las Vegas has the open desert and the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam in proximity. People in Los Angeles don't just go west to the coast or north to the mountains to see nature, they also go east into the empty desert, which has a similar vastness that the prairies do.

Edmonton doesn't need gimmicks like WEM. The city was actually doing a lot better pre-WEM until the past few years when things have really picked up.