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Old Posted Sep 5, 2014, 4:13 AM
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Originally Posted by isaidso View Post
That would make in quite unique for a capital city right there. Most capital cities are quite uppity sophisticated places.
Ottawans can be very sophisticated, but for decades now the place has blanketed itself in secure, well-educated, middle-class blandness, led by the public sector. With some notorious exceptions, the elites keep a pretty low profile (but elites there are). It is indeed a unique capital city and very attuned to Canadian values. Just not a good shopping city.

Last edited by kwoldtimer; Sep 5, 2014 at 4:37 AM.
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