How's Calgary AB ?

Leighbee123

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Just wondering ... How nice is Calgary AB ? I'am thinking of going off to school down there and i wanna make sure it nice and pretty safe ( i Know every city has some Crime )! And once i'am done school Iam hopefully going to move more towords the beautiful mountians , and have a horse ranch !:lol:

Please Help me make up my mide on weather i should go to Calgary AB or stay in Ontario ?
 

Ariadne

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Just wondering ... How nice is Calgary AB ? I'am thinking of going off to school down there and i wanna make sure it nice and pretty safe ( i Know every city has some Crime )! And once i'am done school Iam hopefully going to move more towords the beautiful mountians , and have a horse ranch !:lol:

Please Help me make up my mide on weather i should go to Calgary AB or stay in Ontario ?

I think it depends on what you want to study. If the best faculty for your chosen career is offered in Calgary, then you should study in Calgary, but if the best program is offered in Ontario, you should study in Ontario. I would use that as a basis for choosing a university, college, or polytechnic, not whether the city is nice and safe. All Canadian cities are relatively safe if you make good choices.
 

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Just wondering ... How nice is Calgary AB ? I'am thinking of going off to school down there and i wanna make sure it nice and pretty safe ( i Know every city has some Crime )! And once i'am done school Iam hopefully going to move more towords the beautiful mountians , and have a horse ranch !:lol:

Please Help me make up my mide on weather i should go to Calgary AB or stay in Ontario ?

I know Calgary fairly well, and think it is one of the better large cities. Lots of open space and pathways and traffic is better than many big cities- drivers however tend to be a little ignorant. Very poor at yielding the right of way. Weather is quite variable, sometimes you can sit on the deck in your T-shirt on Xmas Day and other times you are shovelling snow in June and Sept. but severe weather doesn't normally set in before late November. Not too good if you are into gardening due to the high elevation (3500'). Generally plenty of sunshine.
 

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If you like bugs and really cold weather in the winter like minus 50 degree Celsius on a warm winter day and if you don’t mind blowing chunks because it’s so dry it’s a great place to live.

The Chinooks winds that come from the BC coast are a nice treat in the winter
 

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If you like bugs and really cold weather in the winter like minus 50 degree Celsius on a warm winter day and if you don’t mind blowing chunks because it’s so dry it’s a great place to live.

The Chinooks winds that come from the BC coast are a nice treat in the winter

pardon? where the hell are you talking about? cause it sure as hell isn't Calgary.

Just wondering ... How nice is Calgary AB ? I'am thinking of going off to school down there and i wanna make sure it nice and pretty safe ( i Know every city has some Crime )! And once i'am done school Iam hopefully going to move more towords the beautiful mountians , and have a horse ranch !:lol:

Please Help me make up my mide on weather i should go to Calgary AB or stay in Ontario ?


I would suggest you redo your language arts classes before you even consider moving anywhere for post secondary.
 

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If you like bugs and really cold weather in the winter like minus 50 degree Celsius on a warm winter day and if you don’t mind blowing chunks because it’s so dry it’s a great place to live.

The Chinooks winds that come from the BC coast are a nice treat in the winter
Chinook winds don't come from the B.C. coast. :smile:

Perhaps you can provide a link to show us the dates when the 50 below occurred. :lol:

gerryh; I would suggest you redo your language arts classes before you even consider moving anywhere for post secondary.[/QUOTE said:
No kidding. :lol::lol::lol:
 

Ariadne

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If you like bugs and really cold weather in the winter like minus 50 degree Celsius on a warm winter day and if you don’t mind blowing chunks because it’s so dry it’s a great place to live.

The Chinooks winds that come from the BC coast are a nice treat in the winter

Bugs are scarce, and the temperature ranges from +30C to -30C. It's rarely -30C, and never -50C. There are big skies, low humidity, summer temps of 22-30C, many Chinook winds (every week or two) that result in 3-5 days of warm winter temperatures of 17C (November to April). The weather can change from hot and sunny to snow from morning to night, and everyone that lives in Calgary learns to layer their clothing so they're always prepared.
 

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Bugs are scarce, and the temperature ranges from +30C to -30C. It's rarely -30C, and never -50C. There are big skies, low humidity, summer temps of 22-30C, many Chinook winds (every week or two) that result in 3-5 days of warm winter temperatures of 17C (November to April). The weather can change from hot and sunny to snow from morning to night, and everyone that lives in Calgary learns to layer their clothing so they're always prepared.

That's a little more like it- Liberalman just had a slight lapse in thinking. (Maybe he doesn't like places that don't vote Liberal) :lol::lol::lol::lol:
 

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Calgary does have the occasional red-neck hillbilly that probably prefers goats to humans ... I encountered two this afternoon. I was at the gasbar, just pulling forward when this monster truck swerved in front of me and parked at the stall in front. As I pulled around them and drove away, one of these thugs mouthed FU to me. I was then in the nearby grocery store picking up weekly supplies when my son pointed out that the brain damaged morons were walking the isles ... stopping when they spotted us. I joked that they were probably going to key my vehicle. When we returned to the parking lot, my son - apparently curious - went straight to the drivers side to check. Guess what ... there's a scratch all down the side of my car. Since I bought it new, I'm observant of any bumps and scratches, so this definitely occurred while I was at the grocer.

These mentally defective turds that keyed my car are most likely on leave from the Fort McMurray rigs, and are looking to release the frustrations of their pathetics lives.

That experience is probably more common in places like Edmonton and Calgary than most cities ... at least I hope the country is not populated with people like this, people that should be converted to soylent green and fed to the pigs.
 

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Ariadne; [B said:
These mentally defective turds that keyed my car are most likely on leave from the Fort McMurray rigs, and are looking to release the frustrations of their pathetics lives. [/B]

That experience is probably more common in places like Edmonton and Calgary than most cities ... at least I hope the country is not populated with people like this, people that should be converted to soylent green and fed to the pigs.

That is a very ignorant thing to say, you are no better than they are. Every job and profession has turds as does every location.
 

Ariadne

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That is a very ignorant thing to say, you are no better than they are. Every job and profession has turds as does every location.

These guys were middle-aged brain damaged turds looking to take their malignant lifestyles out on innocent bystanders. I hope people like this are rare, but perhaps you're right and they are everywhere.
 

JLM

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These guys were middle-aged brain damaged turds looking to take their malignant lifestyles out on innocent bystanders. I hope people like this are rare, but perhaps you're right and they are everywhere.

Sorry for sounding severe, but I don't believe people from Ft. Mac. are any more or less considerate than any other location or occupation. If you'd have said from Fort Saskatchewan I probably wouldn't have objected. (The prison is still there isn't it?)
 

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Calgary does have the occasional red-neck hillbilly that probably prefers goats to humans ... I encountered two this afternoon.

They confuse you for a goat?


These mentally defective turds that keyed my car are most likely on leave from the Fort McMurray rigs, and are looking to release the frustrations of their pathetics lives.


People don't key someone's car for no reason.... What's the rest of the story?
 

Ariadne

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They confuse you for a goat?





People don't key someone's car for no reason.... What's the rest of the story?

You'd be surprised. Don't blame the victim.

Actually, you're probably right. I took too long to pay for my gas - which of course is my fault and not a function of the gas station, and I looked at the guy like he was a jerk when he swerved in front of me at the gasbar. Both of these actions constitute despicable behavior on my behalf, and give everyone the right to key my car.

You're right, I'm wrong. I'll be more careful to speed up my gas paying in the future, and to cower before bullies. Got it. Thanks for the great perspective.
 

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You'd be surprised. Don't blame the victim.

Actually, you're probably right. I took too long to pay for my gas - which of course is my fault and not a function of the gas station, and I looked at the guy like he was a jerk when he swerved in front of me at the gasbar. Both of these actions constitute despicable behavior on my behalf, and give everyone the right to key my car.

You're right, I'm wrong. I'll be more careful to speed up my gas paying in the future, and to cower before bullies. Got it. Thanks for the great perspective.

yeah, keep looking down, make sure you don't delay anyone else, and answer yes sir, no sir, and act
proper, you wouldn't want to irritate any jerks, I suppose they are allowed to be jerks, but why
can't they just be jerks to other jerks.

No, on many occasions eye contact is all that is needed to set these low lifes off, then they think
they have the freedom to hassle you, key your car, or whatever their little pea brains tell them.
 

JLM

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yeah, keep looking down, make sure you don't delay anyone else, and answer yes sir, no sir, and act
proper, you wouldn't want to irritate any jerks, I suppose they are allowed to be jerks, but why
can't they just be jerks to other jerks.

No, on many occasions eye contact is all that is needed to set these low lifes off, then they think
they have the freedom to hassle you, key your car, or whatever their little pea brains tell them.

An American brat did the same thing in Singapore got caught and wishes after he hasn't done that. If we are going to keep importing foreigners I say let's import a few from Singapore in the business of doling out justice.
 

talloola

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An American brat did the same thing in Singapore got caught and wishes after he hasn't done that. If we are going to keep importing foreigners I say let's import a few from Singapore in the business of doling out justice.

oh yeah, those jails in singapore, you don't get three 'squares' a day, you get three 'scares' a day.
and your days turn into years, and years into decades.