[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by kool maudit

yeah, i said my piece in a stupid way. i tried to clear up what i meant above. it's just that ottawans, while they might like going out in the market or whatever, do not really see their city as an end in and of itself. it's a launchpad for outdoor activities, an infrastructural solution to festivals and parties, and sometimes a place to go perform a specific activity (dinner at beckta or something).

for montrealers, the city is an end in and of itself. torontonians are becoming like this too. here, the city is the spectacle, the city is the activity. just the city itself. as such, people live more publicly (and don't go out in merrill hiking sneakers ever. seriously. i haven't seen one pair yet. oh, ottawa.)

Ottawa sounds kinda like Calgary. Here on a long weekend the city emptys out as everyone is going into the mountains, BC, the Bad Lands.... Vancouver would be the opposite, on a long weekend that city fills up. I assume Montreal would be like Vancouver then.