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Originally Posted by sherpahigh
I agree with all the pros you have down there. The mountains, river and Fish creek are the best things about this city.
Some of the cons I don't see as cons though. Red light cameras... Got no problem with those. People running red lights deserve to be ticketed. Now speed cameras on the other hand... those are just a money grab. And the cost of living is relative to the work available wherever you go so I can't say that it's a con, though it is a bit higher than it used to be. I also don't find the traffic to be that much of a problem here setting aside certain areas at certain times but that probably has more to do with where and when your're driving than anything.
And your point about Calgarians I have a hard time swallowing. Given I am biased as I was born and raised here but I have travelled a lot and lived in other places for good lenghts of time and I've always looked at Calgarians as a nice group on a whole. As the city's grown I've noticed a lot more assholes here and there but that's to be expected in a City of this size.
Anyway, Calgary's a great place. Only think I don't like about it is its distance from the ocean. I love the ocean and wish I could spend more time on it, in it and near it but other than that Calgary's got everything I need and want.  |
Well, in the last few years I've lived in Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Vancouver.. Generally, I've felt like the people were more friendly other places. Not so uppity.
As for the traffic, I live close to 16ave nw by sait, so the traffic really sucks for me to get anywhere.
My problem with red light camera's is that I think they make the road more dangerous... in winter sometimes it is just safer to go through the light than try and stop (Not often, but it happens)... So the problem comes into play when people usually wouldn't try and stop, but since there is a red light camera they end up slamming on the brakes and creating a dangerous situation...