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Lexicon posted:Why is Victoria so much worse than say Vancouver? I get it’s expensive but so is the whole drat province at this point and at least Victoria has some other merits (weather etc). An absolute shitload of people moved here recently, plus three (it may be four) clinics just shut down, combined with covid, combined with the population being a bit older
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Apr 23, 2022 06:13
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Albino Squirrel posted:It's kind of a pity because BC is part of my escape plan if Alberta becomes intolerable, but between real estate prices and overdemand it would be a painful move anywhere in the province. Becomes?
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Apr 23, 2022 14:51
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Oh great, it looks like it’s time for another “Alberta is hell on earth” derail from people who don’t live here!
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Apr 23, 2022 14:54
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I'm making a joke
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Apr 23, 2022 15:08
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Look, say what you will about Alberta
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Apr 23, 2022 15:58
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I can't think of anything more topical than Edmonton - The Video Game.jpg (I'm afraid I don't have it handy so someone else will need to do the honours).
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Apr 23, 2022 15:58
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Albino Squirrel posted:if Alberta becomes intolerable... If? 
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Apr 23, 2022 16:03
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Apr 23, 2022 16:08
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Alctel posted:An absolute shitload of people moved here recently, plus three (it may be four) clinics just shut down, combined with covid, combined with the population being a bit older Do you know any numbers on the arrivals? I was, ahem, one of them 
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Apr 23, 2022 16:17
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I'd laugh, but I kinda already did and mine has Psychics, Dragons, Bandits cosplaying as pirates, Metalhead Minotaurs, Running Man in the Mall and Larry Gowan as Mayor. Mine's way cooler. 
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Apr 23, 2022 16:28
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More and more that is becoming less "lol Edmonton" and more "*sigh* Prairie life"
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Apr 23, 2022 17:19
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eXXon posted:I can't think of anything more topical than Edmonton - The Video Game.jpg (I'm afraid I don't have it handy so someone else will need to do the honours). I was not aware of the reference and this is what came to mind instead. Remember this gem? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEt8gRHFt0
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Apr 23, 2022 17:37
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infernal machines posted:Becomes? I've carved out a reasonable life for myself here - I live in one of the few walkable neighbourhoods in Edmonton, in a fairly centrist/liberal bubble. I have a job that provides me fulfillment and meaning and copious stress and grief and I can bike to work. And my mortgage is affordable. Yes, the weather sucks half the year, but that's why I travel in the fall and winter. There's an emotional and social cost to uprooting your life, to say nothing of the financial difficulty of replicating your quality of life in a place with much more inflated real estate. My personal politics are to the left of all but a few areas in the middle of Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal... but at the moment it's not worth the cost, especially when I can work to pull Alberta in a better direction. If the UCP wins another term and continues to gently caress with education and health care and social benefits for my clients, then maybe my calculus changes. But there are reasons that people don't immediately flee their lives for places that are marginally more in tune with their beliefs. (Emphasis on 'marginally' in the case of Van Island and the Okanagan, which are still affordable enough for me to consider there as a landing point).
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Apr 23, 2022 19:57
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That's entirely fair and a far better response than my glib joke deserved. I hope your efforts are not in vain and if nothing else you're able to keep Edmonton as a place you want to live.
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Apr 23, 2022 20:01
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Of all the places on earth, Alberta is definitely one of them
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Apr 23, 2022 20:04
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That's basically the same boat as my wife and I. We have a relatively comfortable life currently in Edmonton with pretty good rent (~1200/mo for a 2 bed 2 bath apartment), and moving to the island comes as both a cost of living increase and a ~7k/yr salary decrease. That's not even considering uprooting and rebuilding our hobbies and social networks, as our parents and hobby groups both live here.
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Apr 23, 2022 20:06
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Mr. Mercury posted:Of all the places on earth, Alberta is definitely one of them It almost certainly exists, many people are saying so.
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Apr 23, 2022 20:08
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Devon is a place on earth. And Red Deer is like a Vatican for fuckers.
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Apr 23, 2022 20:09
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Look don't make me defend Red Deer, Edmonton took enough out of me
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Apr 23, 2022 20:23
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Apr 23, 2022 20:33
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbXBFviWVBc Weird BIAS fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Apr 23, 2022 |
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Apr 23, 2022 20:44
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The donut mill isn't too bad I guess.
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Apr 23, 2022 20:44
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Red deer is the drunk driving capital of Canada The Edmonton river valley and surrounding neighborhoods are pretty nice. The city isn't that bad and you can be miserable anywhere (look at this thread). The rest of Alberta.... Will be hard to save
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Apr 23, 2022 20:52
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berenzen posted:The donut mill isn't too bad I guess. Donut mill is OK I guess, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to stop there. I feel like the last few times I did stop the donuts weren’t great, too sweet for me. Better than Tim Hortons but what isn’t?
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Apr 23, 2022 20:55
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Legit Businessman fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Sep 10, 2022 |
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Apr 23, 2022 21:00
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I'm from Red Deer and I say, Devon has a better donut place. Also Donut Mill is legally not in Red Deer the city so Red Deer deserves none of the credit.
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Apr 23, 2022 22:01
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Devon isn't real, nobody actually lives there. It's Just a fake town they built so they could put a 70kph speed limit on the highway to set up speed traps in.
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Apr 23, 2022 22:07
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Weird BIAS posted:I'm from Red Deer and I say, Devon has a better donut place. Also Donut Mill is legally not in Red Deer the city so Red Deer deserves none of the credit. Frickin’ Delights? If so, they’re gone unfortunately. My vote for best donut is Bliss bakery on the 107 Ave and 142 street traffic circle. No hipster bullshit, just really good plain donuts.
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Apr 23, 2022 22:26
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Ooh! Are we sharing regional diss videos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvHOLKy5iVI
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Apr 23, 2022 22:42
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Indolent Bastard posted:Ooh! Are we sharing regional diss videos? Fun times in Belleville again, still Belleville!!
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Apr 24, 2022 00:12
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Frank Dillinger posted:Frickin’ Delights? If so, they’re gone unfortunately. My vote for best donut is Bliss bakery on the 107 Ave and 142 street traffic circle. No hipster bullshit, just really good plain donuts. Is this donut chat now? If so I'd like to suggest this bakery in Sidney. I worked in Sidney at one point and we got donuts every Friday and they were amazing. I also have a friend who grew up partly in France and he said this bakery has the best croissants around these parts. https://www.sidneybakery.ca/
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Apr 24, 2022 00:37
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Sidney Bakery is legit.
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Apr 24, 2022 00:42
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victoria has murchie's tea which i enjoy a lot although it looks like they have places in vancouver now too
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Apr 24, 2022 00:48
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Indolent Bastard posted:Ooh! Are we sharing regional diss videos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEvQOPUHGH8 This one came up in the suggestions so I watched it cause I always do, turns out he died last year of a drug overdose on the streets of edmonton. depressing little circle
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Apr 24, 2022 00:54
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Fun fact: every year the family docs in 'berta have a conference. It's pretty much always at the Rimrock in Banff. One year they decided to make it easier for the people in Northern Alberta and had it somewhere in Red Deer - it's halfway! It's convenient! Nobody went and they haven't had it anywhere but Banff since.
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Apr 24, 2022 02:31
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Why couldn't they have gone to Jasper? It's a far drive for everyone and you're still in the mountains
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Apr 24, 2022 02:49
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Xaranthius posted:Is this donut chat now? If so I'd like to suggest this bakery in Sidney. I worked in Sidney at one point and we got donuts every Friday and they were amazing. I also have a friend who grew up partly in France and he said this bakery has the best croissants around these parts. I don't think I can justify going all the way out to Sidney just for donuts, but I'll have to leave early next time I'm on the ferry. Empire Donuts isn't bad at all if you're in town, the Cook St. location also has a very good breakfast sandwich. Does Sidney Bakery have sugar twists? Nobody else I know of on the island has them anymore. If you're ever in Prince Rupert, there's a bakery on Third called Baker Boy (624-CAKE). Yeah, it's Prince Rupert, you don't have a lot of options, but when I lived there briefly they were my favourite non-fish-and-chips place in town.
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Apr 24, 2022 02:52
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Apr 24, 2022 02:53
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Postess with the Mostest posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEvQOPUHGH8 drat, that hits hard 
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Powershift posted:Devon isn't real, nobody actually lives there. It's Just a fake town they built so they could put a 70kph speed limit on the highway to set up speed traps in. 
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