stuabroad

Clearly written by someone only here for the weekend with no bloody clue what they're talking about. I mean, what a waste of a blog article. Copy random -laces and write a paragraph about them then call it all totally awesome. The bland banality of the piece echoes the dull and dead feeling i have in my bones living here. After 8 long years i've given up trying to be enthusiastic and optimistic. When i get on a plane or in a car out of the city i feel the doom lifting. think seriously about your move OP.

Steve_

I like the river, and there are a lot more trees in Edmonton.

stuabroad

Really.

Shakyuk

I'm getting the feeling that after 8 years you're still not convinced by Edmonton?

GermanytoCanada

Horses for courses

cheeky_monkey

i have thought seriously about going back to Edmonton but $150k+plus bonuses is hard to turn down..i cant earn that kind of wedge back in the UK.

cheeky_monkey

I remember that summer and autumn are nice...trouble is what am I going to do for the other 48 weeks of the year??

Shakyuk

You could spend your winter coming on BE making multiple posts about how awful Edmonton is?


Only joking stuabroad

stuabroad

None taken, and you're right that's what happens to you

Shakyuk

I did go to Edmonton for 2 nights on my trip to Alberta. It seemed all business and not much else. I was only there for 2 nights though. I think if they could just pick it up and move it closer to Jasper then at least the rockies would be nice and close for the weekends... It's a shame as there seems to be lots of job openings there!

jk94441

Not sure what everyone has against Edmonton to be honest. Been here a few years and I like it. I agree downtown is pretty soulless and depressing, but south of the river around the university area and Whyte it is very nice. Summer is lovely, especially the river valley, and yeah the winter is too long and too cold but this is Alberta so .. take up cross country skiing or something. I don't really see why one would particularly prefer Calgary as a city to Edmonton except for the fact it is much closer to the mountains, which does make a big difference but Jasper is still a nice long weekend trip from Edmonton.

cbrown89

Winter time you have chinooks which give you some relief, access to ski resorts in BC is much closer. Jasper is no way near as built up as Banff.

Summer I think there is more going on, stampede, music festivals. More routes to fly from YYC.

And roadworks in Edmonton.... hahaha

Photoplex

Edmonton is smellier, dirtier, more industrial, low rise downtown, and you have those hideous low power pylons everywhere. It's a blue collar/government town.

Conversely, Calgary is a white collar city, where most O&G corporations choose to base their headquarters, despite Edmonton being closer to the patch. Also, Calgary has the highest corporate headquarters concentration in Canada. It also has Canadas #2 and #3 largest urban parks (also ranked amongst the biggest in North America).

Edo

Same here. Money was the only reason why I sucked it. But those were the good days of O&G.

Edo

What are you talking about??