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Post by Tampa Bay on Jun 2, 2007 13:41:57 GMT -5
I been across the country many times and was wondering what the masses here in the BRHL thought. Give a top 3 if you can and reasons.
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Post by Tampa Bay on Jun 2, 2007 13:44:09 GMT -5
Top 3 cities 1. Vancovuer - have you seen it here? Beautiful 2. Calgary - I have never had a bad time there 3. Halifax - friendliest city i have been to and quite nice
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Post by Tampa Bay on Jun 2, 2007 13:45:27 GMT -5
I should have put Charlottetown and St. John's on there. Newfoundland and PEI always get forgotten.
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Post by Nashville Predators on Jun 2, 2007 13:46:32 GMT -5
I've only been to 3 cities on this list so I can only rank them as: - Vancouver - Calgary - Victoria (too many seniors and hippies)
I'd wager Canada wide if I was a travellor I'd have: #1 Montreal #2 Vancouver #3 Calgary or Quebec City or Ottawa or Toronto (though I'd imagine Toronto as very metropolitan like New York with nothing much else to do but be in the city)
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Jun 2, 2007 14:11:32 GMT -5
I've only been to Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto and Niagara. Nothing really stands out as much, except I did enjoy MTL more than the others.
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Post by coloradogm on Jun 2, 2007 15:34:12 GMT -5
Have lived in Halifax, Toronto, Ottawa... Ottawa is the best, followed by Halifax and Toronto.
Have visited Moncton, Montreal, Quebec, Calgary and Vancouver... I'd rank them Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec, Calgary, Moncton.
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Post by FincanSJGM on Jun 3, 2007 0:28:54 GMT -5
Anyone who says Calgary in anything referring to best is an idiot. This isnt an "I hate Calgary becasue Im from Edmonton" thing. This is an "OMG it might as well be texas thing."
Forgetting the physical aspects of calgary vs edmonton such as Calgary is cleaner, better designed, and closer to the mountains or that Edmonton is greener with potentially the largest park system in N America and a better river valley. It really comes down to, Calgary is RED NECK, no if ands or buts about it. Whenever you think of Red Neck Alberta, Calgary typifies what you are thinking of to a T. People are discriminatory, think "yay Oil", ranching cowboys, who Im sure (without looking up the stats) have the largest conservative vote in Canada. Edmonton is the only exception to the I hate sexual choice, I hate the poor, I hate social programs, etc mentality of alberta. I dont care if you dont vote Edmonton, but voting Calgary? AWFUL. Id be embarassed as a human.
As for where is the best, Im not going to vote. I havent been to enough of those cities. I like Vancouver, it is nice. I always say it is the second prettiest city that I have been too. Doesnt hold a candle to Stockholm though, not even close.
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Post by montrealgm on Jun 3, 2007 13:16:48 GMT -5
I've only been to Toronto and a few smaller places
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Post by Nashville Predators on Jun 6, 2007 1:11:45 GMT -5
Anyone who says Calgary in anything referring to best is an idiot. This isnt an "I hate Calgary becasue Im from Edmonton" thing. This is an "OMG it might as well be texas thing." Forgetting the physical aspects of calgary vs edmonton such as Calgary is cleaner, better designed, and closer to the mountains or that Edmonton is greener with potentially the largest park system in N America and a better river valley. It really comes down to, Calgary is RED NECK, no if ands or buts about it. Whenever you think of Red Neck Alberta, Calgary typifies what you are thinking of to a T. People are discriminatory, think "yay Oil", ranching cowboys, who Im sure (without looking up the stats) have the largest conservative vote in Canada. Edmonton is the only exception to the I hate sexual choice, I hate the poor, I hate social programs, etc mentality of alberta. I dont care if you dont vote Edmonton, but voting Calgary? AWFUL. Id be embarassed as a human. As for where is the best, Im not going to vote. I havent been to enough of those cities. I like Vancouver, it is nice. I always say it is the second prettiest city that I have been too. Doesnt hold a candle to Stockholm though, not even close. Funny you mention that as I am serious considering moving to Calgary. I need a change. I'm going nowhere down here in Vancouver. Scenery is nice but opportunity is not.
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Post by KingsGM on Jun 6, 2007 10:28:24 GMT -5
Why on earth would you even put Hamilton on that list?
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Post by panthers on Jun 6, 2007 21:01:15 GMT -5
Just to piss you off, I think I'll vote Calgary. ;D I have been to Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City... 1a. Calgary (a bit of everthing, not really the best at anything) 1b. Vancouver (the perfect city except for the traffic!!) 2. Quebec City (friendly folks, certain charm to it) 3. Montreal (big metropolis) 4. Toronto (see above) 5. Edmonton (nothing wrong with the city, but nothing stands out, except the mall)... I live in Calgary. Nothing against Edmonton. It's a nice city in its own right. Going up there in a month. It simply doesn't have as much to offer as some of the other cities I've been to. Cal, I can't see how you can sit here and call Calgary "red neck" but not paint Edmonton with the same brush?!? I'll be the first to admit it, we are red neck. So what? We have the Stampede, you have the Klondike Days. We both have ranching cowboys. As for the conservative vote, since when is being conservative a pre-requisite for being a red neck?? To be fair, Calgary has its problems too... Maybe it's just me, but I think we have this "we're a big city with a small town attitude/atmosphere when really it's the other way around. We're more like a small city with a big city attitude/atmosphere. Anyways... for me, as long as I'm in Canada, it's all good, it doesn't really matter which city. Ricky. Anyone who says Calgary in anything referring to best is an idiot. This isnt an "I hate Calgary becasue Im from Edmonton" thing. This is an "OMG it might as well be texas thing." Forgetting the physical aspects of calgary vs edmonton such as Calgary is cleaner, better designed, and closer to the mountains or that Edmonton is greener with potentially the largest park system in N America and a better river valley. It really comes down to, Calgary is RED NECK, no if ands or buts about it. Whenever you think of Red Neck Alberta, Calgary typifies what you are thinking of to a T. People are discriminatory, think "yay Oil", ranching cowboys, who Im sure (without looking up the stats) have the largest conservative vote in Canada. Edmonton is the only exception to the I hate sexual choice, I hate the poor, I hate social programs, etc mentality of alberta. I dont care if you dont vote Edmonton, but voting Calgary? AWFUL. Id be embarassed as a human. As for where is the best, Im not going to vote. I havent been to enough of those cities. I like Vancouver, it is nice. I always say it is the second prettiest city that I have been too. Doesnt hold a candle to Stockholm though, not even close.
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Post by FincanSJGM on Jun 6, 2007 23:24:58 GMT -5
Edmonton is red-neck I'll admit compared to most of the country, but it really is less so than the rest of the province. I have lived in Northern Alberta, Red Deer, and interacted a lot with Calgarians and from what Ive experienced the difference is very apparent. Hey maybe that its just who I know and where I go in the respective cities but Calgary seems less tolerant to me.
I hate the Red Neck attitude of Alberta. I was born here and all of my imediate and extended family is here. My friends are here and I make a good living which is why I have not moved to Europe, but things change enough and I will. I am not a fan of the politics or the general attitudes of Albertans. The only reason I can tolerate it is because I am living in Edmonton, the only place that this comes in a little more tolerable doses.
I can tell you having two gay brothers, one living in Edmonton and one living in Calgary, there is a very apparent difference in how they can live their lives in the respective cities, and yes that has a lot to do with the level of "red necknesss." Those are the same types of people who are more likely to vote conservative. I know not all conservative voters are discriminatory, but it has been my experience that a far larger portion are than those likely to vote liberal or NDP or Green etc. (Not all red necks are conservative, not all conservatives are red neck but the correlation is seems high between the two in this province)
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Post by Tampa Bay on Jun 6, 2007 23:53:30 GMT -5
Why on earth would you even put Hamilton on that list? Duh?!? Because of all the Donut shops you silly man. Donut Rock City!
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Post by KingsGM on Jun 7, 2007 8:14:50 GMT -5
At least we can all agree that Alberta is a hateful, boring, backwards, redneck shithole of a province and that no one should ever live there.
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Post by KingsGM on Jun 7, 2007 8:16:13 GMT -5
We really do have a ridiculous number of donut shops. I think there is a Tim Hortons for every 20 people or so. Why on earth would you even put Hamilton on that list? Duh?!? Because of all the Donut shops you silly man. Donut Rock City!
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Post by Tampa Bay on Jun 7, 2007 17:15:17 GMT -5
Hamilton is the donut capitol of Canada actually. Have you ever heard the Tristan Psionic song Donut Rock City? A very good band out of Hamilton in their day from Sonic Unyon Records.
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Post by FincanSJGM on Jun 7, 2007 19:10:18 GMT -5
At least we can all agree that Alberta is a hateful, boring, backwards, redneck shithole of a province and that no one should ever live there. Unless you want to have the highest standard of living in Canada. If you are educated or work int he trades you will make a great living in Alberta and have the highest standard of living in Canada (low taxes, high income, and although prices are rising there is still a low cost of living compared to the other large cities). I hate the politics, but there are few places in the world, yes world where the average person can have as high a standard of living. Of course that excludes non-real places like Monnoco and Beverly Hills where the people make thier living elsewhere, but simply live there.
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Post by KingsGM on Jun 7, 2007 21:13:45 GMT -5
Yeah yeah yeah... so you don't pay taxes on your banjos and moonshine. Whoopity doo.
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Post by Nashville Predators on Jun 10, 2007 9:37:18 GMT -5
At least we can all agree that Alberta is a hateful, boring, backwards, redneck shithole of a province and that no one should ever live there. Unless you want to have the highest standard of living in Canada. If you are educated or work int he trades you will make a great living in Alberta and have the highest standard of living in Canada (low taxes, high income, and although prices are rising there is still a low cost of living compared to the other large cities). I hate the politics, but there are few places in the world, yes world where the average person can have as high a standard of living. Of course that excludes non-real places like Monnoco and Beverly Hills where the people make thier living elsewhere, but simply live there. Low cost of living? I cannot find a decent apartment listed online in Calgary for less than $1,000/mo that isn't less than 400sqft! My current apartment in New West ($855/mo in a 6 year old building, wsh/dry, dshwshr, 1 bedroom) would likely cost $1,000-$1,100 a month! There are very few reasonable apartment buildings and no tenancy/renters act to regulate the outrageous prices landlords are charging for rent!
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Post by FincanSJGM on Jun 10, 2007 13:32:12 GMT -5
Yeah, rental units have gone up a lot, so have housing prices. Everything else is cheap though, and for the many many many people here who already own the money coming in is a lot more than the money going out. Part of the difficutly in finding rental units is supply and demand. People are buying houses like crazy and the population of both Edmonton and Calgary is growing fast. Rental units are being turned in to Condo's and Boardwalk makes up a larger proportion of units that are not being transformed and they are traditionally an expensive rental outfit. So we have more people in the city and less rental units than ever. I dont know how true this is, but I had read in the better local paper that there are only 2000 apartment untils (not buildings) for rent in Edmonton, that isnt available units, that is units total vacant and occupied.
Average housing prices are still far less in Edmonton and Calgary than in Vancouver. We have had article after article over the past year about the rising costs of housing here, but the one thing that they always maintain is that housing is still way less than in Vancouver. Rent maybe higher, Im not sure, but buying is still way less. I dont know how long that it will last though as houses prices to buy are increasing 3% per month. I bought my house in June of 2004 and it has increase din value about 120% since then.
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Post by Nashville Predators on Jun 10, 2007 14:04:55 GMT -5
We'd like to own as April's uncle is offering us to rent his 3 story house for $1650 a month. A friend of mine lives in Airdrie and pays $1,300 mortgage for his 3 year old home. I don't know how easy it would be get approval for a mortgage for April and I even with my good credit in that we'd basically both be starting new jobs... so I'm thinking we'd have to rent. There are TONS of rental units in the Great Vancouver area and with the great transit system here it's not big deal to rent in Surrey or New West and commute by skytrain into downtown while in Calgary they have the LRT which I don't think services the same amount of people and I'd imagine would absolutely suck getting to in the dead of winter. So another expense would be to get a vehicle (sold my car a few years ago as it was a money pit). We are basically living cheque to cheque without kids and without a vehicle/insurance. So we're really not getting a step ahead towards even a downpayment with not much extra a month for savings let alone RRSP.
Anyone hiring in the Calgary area looking for a hard working, dedicated, computer savvy employee with a B.A. Criminology degree, 6 years experience working with the public and dealing with stressful situations with a security background?
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Jun 10, 2007 14:37:22 GMT -5
Anyone hiring in the Calgary area looking for a hard working, dedicated, computer savvy employee with a B.A. Criminology degree, 6 years experience working with the public and dealing with stressful situations with a security background? I might be looking for a P.I. to handle my missing Pizza slice case that I haven't cracked in a month. Send me your resume.
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Post by Bryce - Minny on Jun 15, 2007 19:05:45 GMT -5
At least we can all agree that Alberta is a hateful, boring, backwards, redneck shithole of a province and that no one should ever live there. I know, we rule!!!! The prettiest Canadian place I've ever been to is Invermere, it's a pretty sweet little town. Never been to Vancouver, love Calgary (except the Flames). Edmonton is OK, though we're building out at the farm so I'll be moving away in the next year or two (bought the house in 2004 for 166k, could sell today for 375k). Toronto was dirty and way too crowded, anything in Saskatchewan was brutal (Saskatoon the best of the bunch). Winnipeg is a hole.
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Post by Bryce - Minny on Jun 15, 2007 19:08:52 GMT -5
Anyone hiring in the Calgary area looking for a hard working, dedicated, computer savvy employee with a B.A. Criminology degree, 6 years experience working with the public and dealing with stressful situations with a security background? Seriously? Give me 3-4 months and I'll be opening some stores down there. We're moving into BC and Northern Alberta now, and opening south of Red Deer is on the near horizon.
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Post by FincanSJGM on Jun 15, 2007 21:17:39 GMT -5
Anyone hiring in the Calgary area looking for a hard working, dedicated, computer savvy employee with a B.A. Criminology degree, 6 years experience working with the public and dealing with stressful situations with a security background? Seriously? Give me 3-4 months and I'll be opening some stores down there. We're moving into BC and Northern Alberta now, and opening south of Red Deer is on the near horizon. So your not doing accounting anymore?
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Post by Bryce - Minny on Jun 15, 2007 23:21:43 GMT -5
In a traditional sense no, haven't for 3-4 years, (though I did finish my degree).
I work for EZ Cash Advance, a payday loans company thats been in Saskatchewan for 3-4 years and is now expanding into the rest of Canada. Right now I have 9 stores in Alberta I oversee, but we've got a slew more coming down the pipe.
Keeps me busy, and my accounting degree defientely helps, (especially my expert level Excel ticket). If anyone else in Western Canada is looking, or knows of people looking for jobs in the customer service industry, send em my way, we're always short on quality employees.
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Post by Nashville Predators on Jun 15, 2007 23:43:03 GMT -5
Looks like it's getting serious about moving to Calgary.. stay tuned.
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Post by Tampa Bay on Jun 16, 2007 1:20:00 GMT -5
Money Mart?
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Jun 16, 2007 1:46:39 GMT -5
Open a BRHL Office.
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Post by Bryce - Minny on Jun 16, 2007 11:36:05 GMT -5
Money Mart is a competitor yes, same industry. Except we dont share your SIN and other personal information withadvertising companies.
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