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Yo, just checking to see if there are any other Calgary, Alberta ILF folks about? I’m thinking of organizing a pedals get together fun group this summer, let me know if you’re interested.

Not much to add here (I'm just necro-bumping shit just because) besides I went to Calgary last Fall and I FUCKING LOVED IT! You have such an amazing city! That wet land inside of a city park was something else!

I did a whole tour of a couple places in Western Canada (loved everywhere I went) and Jesus H Bald Headed Christ... how does anyone afford to live out there? I though the Tri-State USA was bad. This isn't a diss! As again, I loved it there. You have such an amazing city! I could live in Calgary in a heartbeat!

$harkToootth wrote:Not much to add here (I'm just necro-bumping shit just because) besides I went to Calgary last Fall and I FUCKING LOVED IT! You have such an amazing city! That wet land inside of a city park was something else!

I did a whole tour of a couple places in Western Canada (loved everywhere I went) and Jesus H Bald Headed Christ... how does anyone afford to live out there? I though the Tri-State USA was bad. This isn't a diss! As again, I loved it there. You have such an amazing city! I could live in Calgary in a heartbeat!

Ah, very kind of you to say! It's a cool city, and while the political climate of Alberta tends much more toward the redneck Right than I would like, there is still a lot of great opportunity and community here.

Not sure which city park you're referring to, but we have a lot of them!

Where are you from? What brought you to Calgary?

Blood_mountain wrote:Where are you from? What brought you to Calgary?

New Jersey. Recreation. We did a Calgary, Banff, a few other smaller places, and Vancouver. I was a big fan!

Okay, so in Calgary I saw what could be 1 DIY venus thing... I didn't get to go in though. I'm just mentioning it. This was in the Fall of 2018 so I don't remember the cross streets or anything.

Toronto and Montreal are on the list at some point. I actually really want to go back to Vancouver, I loved it there!

$harkToootth wrote:

Blood_mountain wrote:Where are you from? What brought you to Calgary?

New Jersey. Recreation. We did a Calgary, Banff, a few other smaller places, and Vancouver. I was a big fan!

Okay, so in Calgary I saw what could be 1 DIY venus thing... I didn't get to go in though. I'm just mentioning it. This was in the Fall of 2018 so I don't remember the cross streets or anything.

Toronto and Montreal are on the list at some point. I actually really want to go back to Vancouver, I loved it there!

Vancouver is rad. Calgary has a city population but always feels sort of like big town to me. Vancouver actually feels like a city. Victoria and Vancouver Island in general are beautiful also!

Blood_mountain wrote:Vancouver is rad. Calgary has a city population but always feels sort of like big town to me. Vancouver actually feels like a city. Victoria and Vancouver Island in general are beautiful also!

Fair enough. I did not explore the more "outskirts" of Calgary. I think I crossed the river once? I'm told there are some cool neighborhoods on the other side of the more downtown area. It seems like the cost of living is too high for each section of the city to have it's own identity (For Example: In Philly you have Fishtown, and next to it is Northern Liberties. Even though they are right next to each other, these parts have a different vibe and identity. Then you have University City, West Philly, all different. I'm using Philly as an example because I lived there and the two have relatively similar populations... as opposed to say Toronto which has double what Philly has.)
Philly: 1,580,863 (If you are bothered by the 300,000 person difference, please remember, as far as a census is concerned, if you live in Philadelphia County, you live in the City of Philadelphia... so there is a curve that needs to be made... i.e. If you live in the NEAST, you technically live in the city of Philadelphia)
Calgary: 1,285,711

Point being, I'd go back in a heart beat.