Circumnavigating Calgary

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by Myka

I'm pretty anti-Calgary. I lived there for a short time, and would never do it again. It's an awful city and I don't understand why so many people live there. Edmonton is the better city in Alberta I think.

I lived in Burnaby for awhile too...much better than Calgary.

I'm not a huge fan of Saskatoon mostly because the river is too dirty to swim in (imo) and the landscape is nonexistent. I'm from BC...I belong in nature!!!

Ouch, that hurts!

I am originally from Vancouver/Richmond... Love Calgary, and won't go back to the west coast, EVER!!!

Calgary has grown over the 20 or so years, I have been here. Traffic has gotten worse, but come on now, try getting around Vancouver. Just something you don't want to do!

Edmonton is where you go to DIE!!!! HEHE, just a little friendly jab to my fellow Edmonton neighbours. Just kidding. Very beautiful city, but personally I find it too old.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by globaldesigns

Edmonton is where you go to DIE!!!! HEHE, just a little friendly jab to my fellow Edmonton neighbours. Just kidding. Very beautiful city, but personally I find it too old.

Haha! I am old at heart. I swear I was born 100 years too late...maybe even more. I think living in 1900 would have been more interesting than 2000. No traffic jams in 1900.

[Doug]

All I asked for was some directions.

[Bloodasp]

Well.. That's what you get for asking. . This is why men never ask for directions.

[Doug]

If you guys see this blue Focas going in circles on one of the interchanges, its not Chevy Chase, its me.

[sphelps]

Calgary traffic can be bad but typically it's actually really decent if you work around the construction. Obviously some routes are bad but there's usually more than one way to take. I get downtown in 30 min during rush hour and I don't even live in the city. When I drove to Vancouver it took me an hour just to get into the city limits from the outskirts and it was a Sunday.

As for why people live in Calgary, well we have this thing called jobs, we get chinooks, close to mountains, the air doesn't smell like **** half the time, and our affordability is 46%. It's also rated #5 in the world and at one point it was close to being #1. Now why Van is rated #3 beets me, a very nice city but at 96% affordability.. come on! I do love BC though, if I could live in a little mountain town I would but there's no work for me there.