Reverend Blair said:
No, I think his name was McKeown. Or maybe that was the guy who made all the noise about hookers and took a bunch of them to a convention? It's easy to lose track of such matters...
Prairies Bad Rap!
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No, I think his name was McKeown. Or maybe that was the guy who made all the noise about hookers and took a bunch of them to a convention? It's easy to lose track of such matters...
I know this is an old thread, but I want to add my two cents. I live in Regina, and
it does get a bad rap. It has some uglier areas, but what city doesn't. I walk (with my
dogs) between 40km and 60km per week. I say "Hello" or "Hi" to most people that I
pass (doesn't really matter who) and I almost always get a "Hello" and a smile back.
I happen to lve in an area called "The Core" and many people are afraid to even walk
in this area or "North Central." The Hookers and Pimps and Gang-Bangers will usually
give you a "Hi" and a smile back. Junkies...well, that's questionable.
How many other places does this happen? How many other places would think you
where some kind of mental defect just for saying "Hi" and making eye contact with
a stranger? Just adding my two cents...
it does get a bad rap. It has some uglier areas, but what city doesn't. I walk (with my
dogs) between 40km and 60km per week. I say "Hello" or "Hi" to most people that I
pass (doesn't really matter who) and I almost always get a "Hello" and a smile back.
I happen to lve in an area called "The Core" and many people are afraid to even walk
in this area or "North Central." The Hookers and Pimps and Gang-Bangers will usually
give you a "Hi" and a smile back. Junkies...well, that's questionable.
How many other places does this happen? How many other places would think you
where some kind of mental defect just for saying "Hi" and making eye contact with
a stranger? Just adding my two cents...
I've lived there. No thanks. I've also lived in BC Alta Man and now reside in Ont.
There are some nice things about Regina, like it's cheap to drive there as you don't spend more than fifteen minutes going anywhere in the city. Everyone knows that Saskatoon is the pick of the litter though.
The bad points are pretty bad though. The winters are brutal. Sure it's dryer but still twenty feet of snow is twenty feet of snow. 35 below is still freaking cold. And the bloody wind. The only good thing about that is that once it stops blowing, you find the damn mosquitoes are cleared for flight. They travel in battle groups hungry for blood.
There is a crime problem in Regina. Mostly to do with angry native youth and other disenfranchised kids stuck there and pissed that they are missing out on the cool stuff elsewhere. Which of course they are. How many times can you drive up and down Albert street with your friends before you go mental?
Once you get outside the cities, you can find some very nice places. I loved going to La Ronge to fish and hike. They have some world class golf north of there now too.
My Grampa had a farm just outside of Prince Albert that was a land of magic for me each summer.
If anything, west of Lake of the Woods til you get to Calgary is an open canvas that no one there has had the brains to develop. Winnipeg has a few nice aspects about it. Most are hidden though. The Forks as sophisticated as nearly any down town Toronto hotspot yet much less snooty. But it has no staying power. After an hour your done and left wanting more.
I've thought that a strip of casinos like Las Vegas would be just the thing. But hell no, no one would want that. Billions could pour into either province but they would loose their delusion that there is no crime or lack of services. There are plenty of places that could be turned into a Mecca for something anything, yet it seems that all the investors, movers and shakers are either scared away or simply buggered when they try to develop.
So it goes elsewhere.
I've been to see all it has to offer out there and there isn't much.
There are some nice things about Regina, like it's cheap to drive there as you don't spend more than fifteen minutes going anywhere in the city. Everyone knows that Saskatoon is the pick of the litter though.
The bad points are pretty bad though. The winters are brutal. Sure it's dryer but still twenty feet of snow is twenty feet of snow. 35 below is still freaking cold. And the bloody wind. The only good thing about that is that once it stops blowing, you find the damn mosquitoes are cleared for flight. They travel in battle groups hungry for blood.
There is a crime problem in Regina. Mostly to do with angry native youth and other disenfranchised kids stuck there and pissed that they are missing out on the cool stuff elsewhere. Which of course they are. How many times can you drive up and down Albert street with your friends before you go mental?
Once you get outside the cities, you can find some very nice places. I loved going to La Ronge to fish and hike. They have some world class golf north of there now too.
My Grampa had a farm just outside of Prince Albert that was a land of magic for me each summer.
If anything, west of Lake of the Woods til you get to Calgary is an open canvas that no one there has had the brains to develop. Winnipeg has a few nice aspects about it. Most are hidden though. The Forks as sophisticated as nearly any down town Toronto hotspot yet much less snooty. But it has no staying power. After an hour your done and left wanting more.
I've thought that a strip of casinos like Las Vegas would be just the thing. But hell no, no one would want that. Billions could pour into either province but they would loose their delusion that there is no crime or lack of services. There are plenty of places that could be turned into a Mecca for something anything, yet it seems that all the investors, movers and shakers are either scared away or simply buggered when they try to develop.
So it goes elsewhere.
I've been to see all it has to offer out there and there isn't much.
Just had an issue with a drunk. It was 3:30pm though. I'll have to add some drunks to
the questionable list with junkies. Didn't have to leave my yard for that one...This guy was
about 55 and hammered, carrying a 1/2 full bottle of Wisers, with his nose about 6" from my
fence (60 ft from the sidewalk) and having a loud screaming match through the fence with
our dogs. Bizarre. Convinced him to move along.
the questionable list with junkies. Didn't have to leave my yard for that one...This guy was
about 55 and hammered, carrying a 1/2 full bottle of Wisers, with his nose about 6" from my
fence (60 ft from the sidewalk) and having a loud screaming match through the fence with
our dogs. Bizarre. Convinced him to move along.
The prairies may have a bad rep but I still love them! I love Saskatoon, I love the farming communities, I love that my house that is being built is in the middle of a wheat field (and I will love my trees... in 15 years!) I love the fresh air and great tasting tap water! So I don't care if we have a bad rep, the people who think that the prairies are bad can live somewhere else!
Me!
My wife's off from Christmas to New Years. I"m off from New Years till Christmas.
Lemme know when ya wanna go.
Winnipeg isn't a bad alternative to the "prairies" with cheap housing and big city ammenities.
Saskatoon? Boring @ exciting city prices.
Saskatoon? Boring @ exciting city prices.
dirkdigler....man....you're negative. If you don't like where you are, you can
biatch about it or do something about it. Time to get out'a mom's basement
and see the world brother. Saskatoon (like everywhere) has its good & bad
points, and you seem to only be able to see (& go on and on about) its bad
points. If you don't like it, leave. Lots of other places in the country or on the
planet for you to live where you might be happy (doubtful if the glass is always
only half full for you though). Check out someone who's traveled and has come
to the prairies (S'toon & Regina both) 'cuz of what they offer.
Seriously "digler," if you're not happy in S'toon, you can whine or you can find
someplace where you will be happy....life is all about choices. I've lived elsewhere,
and I'm in Regina by choice. Why are you in Saskatoon if all you can do is complain
about the place. Unless you're incarcerated there, you can leave.
biatch about it or do something about it. Time to get out'a mom's basement
and see the world brother. Saskatoon (like everywhere) has its good & bad
points, and you seem to only be able to see (& go on and on about) its bad
points. If you don't like it, leave. Lots of other places in the country or on the
planet for you to live where you might be happy (doubtful if the glass is always
only half full for you though). Check out someone who's traveled and has come
to the prairies (S'toon & Regina both) 'cuz of what they offer.
Seriously "digler," if you're not happy in S'toon, you can whine or you can find
someplace where you will be happy....life is all about choices. I've lived elsewhere,
and I'm in Regina by choice. Why are you in Saskatoon if all you can do is complain
about the place. Unless you're incarcerated there, you can leave.
Ha what an oldie someone dug out with Blair and PeaPod in it
I was born in Winnipeg and moved to B.C. when I was twelve - but from the earliest days of school and skating rinks and swimming and all the other goofy things kids get into.... I had the greatest life .... for a child I can't imagine a better place than a prairie town or city.
I am still in touch with five of my school friends from those days because we
continued our friendships when I moved (and so did a few of them).... but we
still carry on as if we were still in the same town and the internet has made it
even better .... but we used to call long distance when our parents would relent
especially at Christmas, and compare gifts....talking with them now today it is
no different.
The only awful thing is exchanging photos.... ugh..... to see how we've grown older (but wiser anyway).
I was born in Winnipeg and moved to B.C. when I was twelve - but from the earliest days of school and skating rinks and swimming and all the other goofy things kids get into.... I had the greatest life .... for a child I can't imagine a better place than a prairie town or city.
I am still in touch with five of my school friends from those days because we
continued our friendships when I moved (and so did a few of them).... but we
still carry on as if we were still in the same town and the internet has made it
even better .... but we used to call long distance when our parents would relent
especially at Christmas, and compare gifts....talking with them now today it is
no different.
The only awful thing is exchanging photos.... ugh..... to see how we've grown older (but wiser anyway).