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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
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Which city just "can't get no respect"?
For me, among large Canadian cities, just based on what I have heard over the years, the answer would be Winnipeg (even though I think it is quite an awesome place, and undeserving of its lack of respect). Winterpeg, Waterpeg, Mosquito jokes, etc.
Among smaller Canadian cities, I'd nominate Saint John, New Brunswick. In general, NB doesn't seem to get very much respect, and Saint John seems to lack the strong economy and growing population of Moncton and Fredericton. Personally, Saint John is my favorite of the three big NB cities, because of its Victorian treasures in Uptown.
Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Red Deer, and Regina may also be contenders. For Quebec, I'd say Drummondville (perhaps b/c the Anglo press often mocked that place as being unsophisticated). For BC, undoubtedly Prince George.
Others?
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I agree with Winnipeg and Saint John as well.
Re: Red Deer (and Lethbridge), both have recently reached about 100,000k, and kind of as a joke I took a weekend getaway to each the past couple of years. I had a lot of fun. They're still small, but they seem to have reached a tipping point where they have at least one of any sort of thing you might find in a larger city.
Had a great time in Lethbridge hitting an arts centre, southern Alberta art gallery, gay cabaret, craft beer joint in a historic telegraph building, cocktail lounge, and 'hip' live music venue, all within a 3 block area.
Similarly with Red Deer, hit a couple of great coffee shops, a BBQ joint, cocktail bar, and a hidden alley Tiki room, this time mostly within a single block.
So big enough that they have the fun stuff I might check out in Calgary, but small enough that if one of those closes, say if the BBQ place closes, you then probably no longer have BBQ restaurant food available in Red Deer, so it's complete, but tenuous.