I never try to make anyone do what they dont want to ... but answer me this
what other major city would you go to in Canada that you think would be safer - BC and Saskatchewan have some horrific crime rates, Ontario and Quebec are pretty good but then there is the speak french thing mandate in one and of course provincial sales tax in both provinces, so I guess you do pay for a larger police presence. If I ever start to feel that insecure here in Calgary I will just get some personal protection
I agree that crime in Calgary is at a all time high but steps are being taken to bring it under control ( seizure of proceeds of crime like cars, houses etc and lately talk of mandatory 1st degree murder charges for gang killings )
not have a mayor you dont like at some point ? - he is worse than some but better than others. Personally I would like to see Ric McIver run but he does not stand a chance unless Bronco does not against him ... Bronco has a huge war chest of funds
high utility costs - off topic a bit but have friends from Winnipeg and some of them were paying twice our property taxes - not sure their utility costs but I am sure that even if they were hypothetically lower the property tax plus provincial taxes would eat up the difference and then some
You could say we are worse than some and better than others to a varying degree depending on what stat you want to look at
You could say screw it all like some are rumbling in the streets and have a independent Alberta ... probably no income/property taxes at all
and Alberta could afford a well funded Police force with no transfer payments to make
And I agree with you on one point ... the Flames are Awesome !
