R_R_R

For all you people in the rest of Canada...Would you move to Calgary? Why or why not?

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Averett

Well, I'm not in Canada (New Yorker here ) but I'd move to Calgary! I've visited twice and loved it. Once in the winter and once in the summer so I saw how it can get... Although I didn't spend all that much time in Calgary, I liked what I saw of the city. Loved Banff and Watertown (although that's probably not considered anywhere near Calgary). So yeah, I'd move there.

But I'm thinking Ontario is going to win the "Which Canadian province will Averett move to" contest

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R_R_R

Thanks for the reply Averett. Banff is freekin great, I get out there as much as I can. I'd love to visit New York some day. I've never been to Ontario, but I hear a lot of people complaining about the taxes. I'm not sure but I think Alberta has the lowest taxes in canada (we may be second though). But hey, Canada is Canada, and if you're gonna move here I think thats great. Hope to see you around on the great and wonderful TFP!

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Ace_O_Spades

Aww, no BC? You know they don't call it Beautiful British Columbia for NOTHING

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Charlatan

Alas there is no Muffin Face in BC...

As for moving to Calgary... I suppose I'd consider it but I would rather move to Montreal if I had to choose any other city in Canada other than Toronto.

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Averett

Yup, no Muffin Face in BC or Alberta

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JJRousseau

I really enjoy Calgary every time I visit. The income tax rates and wine prices are almost enough to make me move but I just can't take the winter cold. Snow is like a mother-in-law; Nice to visit when you know you can leave any time.

And a few more trees would be nice...

metalgeek

I'd move to Calgary.. considering I live in Balzac (about a 2 minute drive from the city limits
Winter cold? bah we get Chinooks, doesn't depe freeze for 6 months, only for 2 week intervals

It's funny, most of my friends are all from outside of Calgary (winnipeg, eats coast, etc) And they all love the place, when they go home their friends get sick of hearing them say how great it is.

I think to a certain extent Calgary isn't a city that when you immediatly get here your like wow, it's more of a subtle insidous (spl) thing.
Theres a feeling in the city like things are happening, like it's moving.

Molo

I'm originally from Calgary, but I moved to Waterloo for university. In all honesty, I love the city, but at this point I don't miss it too much. Of course with that being said, I really miss the Calgary Flames.

Calgary is an awesome city, but having lived there so long I got bored with it. It was just the same stuff over and over. The red mile was a nice change, but aside from that, I didn't notice much dynamic in it.

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Suave

Yeah, that call it that because everybody's stoned and they just THINK it's beautiful. BUT IT'S ALL IN THEIR HEADS MAN!
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Sorry.

I'd move to Calgary. Wouldn't be too difficult since that's where I live right now. I love it here.

wolfpack0102

i would move there....hot girls

Janey

Since I 've lived in Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver, Barrie, Kingston and Thunder Bay, If I was going tomove out west again, I wouldn't stop at Calgary. Vancouver for me baby!. I need ocean & mountains. None of which I get inToronto, but TO is good for micro-environment: beaches neighbourhood (where i live) the lake, the people, the languages, the music scene, the restaurants. My family is in TO too.

I don;t think i could give up TO for anything other than vancouver now.

feelgood

What is this "Clagary" you speak of?

What tax? We're so friggin rich that we figure that there's no point in having a PST but on the other hand, our big daddy-o (the feds) figures we should have a GST :P

I live about 30 mins east of Calgary and that's just good nuf for me...to like Calgary...from a distance that is

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JJRousseau

Ya true, but they're always buried under snowsuits!

Molo

Just wait for the hockey playoffs

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Mango

Never. I'm bred & born in B.C. I have lots of relatives in Calgary and have spent enough time there to know it ain't my bag. Too far from the mountains, too cold in the winter and summer, too "American" like. The town doesn't really seem to have much soul. If I were to move to a city I'd proly go some where like Vancouver. If I had to leave the mountains I'd go to Montreal. Fortunately I don't have to leave my comfortable small mountain town unless I want to.

From what I've seen Winnipeg has the hottest girls in Canada.

tiltedbc

I've got a sister who lives in Calgary so I visit there a couple times a year so I can listen to her moan about how bad the weather is there. The dust is also something she goes on about.

Would I move there. No, but it's a nice place to visit. Getting snow in summer doesn't appeal to me and the wind almost made me into a human tumbleweed the last time I was there. I'm also a bit concerned about how zealous the CowTown people are getting. It's like talking to Americans who are Canadian. Canada is the greatest country in the world!!! Calgary is the greatest city in the world!!! Don't you just think this is the greatest place??? Thanks, we all get it. Seriously, we all get it. You're proud of where you live (just like everyone in the world). We get it. Please stop waving the flag at the camera every chance you get.

I'd like to do a documentary about which Canadian girls are the hottest.

Suave

WOO CANADA IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD! CALGARY IS THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD! YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD ENOUGH UNTIL I GET LARYNGITIS FROM YELLING A LOT!

Pheer

I live and Calgary, i have no qualms with it. Ive never been to n e other province so I guess u can say im not cultured in that aspect. Weather is crazy, we can have sun, rain, snow all in one day, in no particular order. Yes we get snow in spring and summer at times but then we get sun in winter as well.

Jesus Tiltedbc who have u been talking to?

NO PST!!! Hazaa
LOWEST MINIMUM WAGE BOOOO!!!

R_R_R

As far as I know, this is a forum based on sharing opinions and ideas. If my opinion happens to be that Calgary is the greatest city in the world, who are you to tell me not to talk about it. There are plenty of people who don't want to live here, and that's fine. This topic is about Calgary and why you would move here, or not. So its obvious that us Calgarians are going to plug our city here. I don't know, I don't mean to be offensive, just let us have our fun. Thats what TFP is all about.

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the_marq

I have no idea what everyone is complaining about when it comes to the weather in Calgary. Fuck, I moved here from Saskatchewan about 5 years ago and the weather in Calgary is ten times better than the weather 'back home in the bush." I love the chinooks here, +6 in January? Awesome.

Windy? What? Where? Not Calgary, at least compared to the bald prarie of central Sask.

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rbaron71

I moved from Toronto to Calgary just over a year ago, and my only regret is not moving here sooner.

Sure it's a bit smaller, but that's part of the fun. The mountains are nice and close, and people are friendly here...great atmosphere. A nice slower pace of life.

Mango

I guess it all depends on what you have to compare it to.

blitz.fenix

I would probably. Seems like Calgary has the most beautiful women, although I haven't done extensive research on this. Plus they have a hockey team that almost won the cup. coughLeafscough

Janey

Here! Here! I have to agree with you R-R-R. quit griping, this is a friendly opinion sharing forum. I should start a similar one for Toronto, so y'all can throw your complaints into one central thread!

metalgeek

Funny, I work with a lot of people not origionally from Calgary, and they all say the pace is way faster here.. (of course there from farms on the prairies so...)
It was in comparision to winnipeg though.
There also amazed at how fast things get done here. (construction)

mokle

Strathmore?


I grew up in Interior BC. Loved it. I now work in eastern Alberta, and Calgary scares me. WAY too big for me.

Nice women though

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scott_p_1

Personally, I can't see any reason why I wouldn't move to Calgary (I'm gonna go whereever I can get the best job after university).
As for everybody complaining of it being cold, how cold does it get in Calgary? I put up with a lot of -20 days and the odd -30 day. Is it that bad?

Suave

The coldest it normally gets is between -40 and -60 with windchill, and that's only for a few days out of the year (your face feels like it's about to fall off on those days though). The cold wind is really the killer. Regular -30 is nothing without some nice icy wind to tear across your exposed skin.

fpgt91

I grew up where lakes are lakes (not 3 ft deep and man made) and mountains are right across the street from your house, with wild life all around (Kitimat, B.C.) but the trend after high school was to either move to Kamloops or Calgary...I chose Calgary.
I lived there for a year and called it quites. I loved it there though, there is always stuff to do no matter the time of night. It's a great city it just wasn't for me...enviromentally that is. I need the mountains, the rivers and forests, lakes and an ocean beside me.
The one promise I made myself though was as great as the city of Calgary is for no PST, private liquor establishments, wicked summers, chinooks and hot girls everywhere...and the French Maid of course lol I would never EVER live there again un less I owned my own vehicle...couldn't stand walking, standing and walking again to work in the winters of -60C with windchill.
But even now I I don't think I could move back there...maybe one day but right now Victoria, B.C. is the place to be, it's just way to nice here all year long.

vox_rox

I currently live in Calgary, have for more than 20 years. You gotta love the slackass winters! Also, proximity to the best skiing in the world, best mountain biking in the Canada, Best hiking in Western Canada. It's all good.

Except for the friggin' Stampede. We spend 50 weeks of the year trying to sound cosmopolitan and professional, then we take two weeks and totally fuck the whole thing up with men wrestling large mammals, drunken bar fights, puke on every sidewalk, a really pathetic plotitician photo ops. The only good thing about the photo ops was that Ralphie got pied during a pancake breakfast, HILARIOUS!

Anyway, even despite the Stampede, which I detest, I still love it here. If I were to move tomorrow, Victoria. but for now, here is where I stay.

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actinic

I've been considering the move to CowTown for the past 6 months. The thing is my business here in Toronto is a niche market with lots of fly by night operations. With the typical rat race (getting worse) ontop of that I'm just getting tired of the cycle of losing clients and have them come back when that "business entity" moves on to other things. Then they have the nerve to ask me to match their rates. It's business I know but I'm getting tired of it all. I've done some market research in Calgary but so far the findings are still too small for me to make the move and earn a living there.

rbaron71

Sorry to be so late in this thread.

I moved to Calgary from Toronto 15 months ago for three main reasons: 1)the pace of life is more human here; 2)people are friendlier here; and 3)the mountains are close by and they are gorgeous to see on the horizon.

I have loved every day here and I wouldn't move back for all the money in the world. It is a good city for a new start. I am also a big fan of all things cowboy and this city gives me my Western fix, particularly in July during the Calgary Stampede. Those ten days in July are pure heaven for me.

So yeah, this is a great city to move to.

JustDisGuy

Eh - after spending a week there recently, I now have an opinion on this one. Emphatically, "No."

Ten minutes on the Deerfoot, ten on Memorial and an extra 15 on Crowfoot because I got off on the wrong exit took an extra five years off my life due to stress. I'd go nuts having to regularly drive that. Although, I must say that even though the traffic is insane, the drivers are far more courteous than the ones in my little piddly-ass town. They actually make room for you to merge there, instead of speeding up to prevent you... <sigh> I think I need a limo driver... <grin>

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Antikarma

Calgary's too big mate. I'm a small town boy. I'm sure its lovely, but I'll be driving through thanks, and that's that.

Now think a bit further north. OK, WAY further north. Don't stop till the highway ends. That's right, Yellowknife Now THERE'S a city I grew to love. Character mate, a city with its own personality

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Crisis

I was born in Calgary and have been living in Toronto for the past 8 years or so. Everytime I go back it seems like a weight is lifted from my shoulders. I can't get enough of Calgary.

fpgt91

Been there done that....Great city for things to do, people to do...meet I mean lol. Nah all in all Calgary is big, decent and if it had more beauty, like green grass not yellow, maybe some mountains close by, real lakes no man made crap that's 3 ft. deep at it's deepest, some real wildlife and an ocean beside it I'd move there in a second.
If you don;t care about the outdoors much, it's an awesome city. Lot's of wierdos and alot of grumpy people but it's a good place all in all.

Tempboy

The mountains are an hour away, I don't know how much closer you want them to be.

streak_56

Ha, I moved from Columbus, Ohio to Calgary, though I lived there before I moved to Columbus, I missed it too much. Its a great place, many things to do if you're bored.