Is it really that bad?

I grew up there and (years before this song) it was not uncommon to hear people say "I hate Winnipeg" and mean it -- I've said it too. Reasons:

• The winters are punishing (I remember in the early 1990s once we had five days in a row of -70C with windchill, and usually in January at least it's around -40C, which is also -40 in Fahrenheit if you're having trouble with Celcius).
  
• The summers are thick with mosquitoes -- YWG has the worst number of them in North America after the Everglades.
  
• It's isolated, being at least five hours' drive from the next fair-sized city (eg. Fargo), seven from Minneapolis, 13 from Chicago or Calgary. Six hours from Montreal, OTOH and for example, will get you to Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto, all Vermont, Boston, and NYC.
  
• It feels more like a big town than a proper city, which I grant some might prefer, but not me. It's also kind of hick, being in the middle of wheat country. I grant also that Winnipeg has a surprisingly vibrant arts community (and a great summer folk music festival that is a huge draw for both artists and audiences, far and wide) but still.

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I'm thinking hard about moving to Canada. Winnipeg is off the list now.

Looking at Calgary or Vancouver.

>> ^rougy:
I'm thinking hard about moving to Canada. Winnipeg is off the list now.
Looking at Calgary or Vancouver.


Montreal is truly the shit, if you ask me -- although I guess it depends on what you want. Van and Calgary are both very expensive (and Cal has a housing shortage) although Cal and the rest of Alberta are covered in money from the oil sands operations in the north. Both have good weather -- Van hardly ever sees snow. Calgary is an hour or two from the Rocky Mountains and some of the best alpine skiing in North America.

Where are you now -- France, wasn't it?

Everyone is always so down on Winnipeg. Ah well. I like it! Even if it IS mosquitoey. And damn cold. And damn hot.

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>> ^calvados:
Where are you now -- France, wasn't it?

Ha ha ha!

I'm flattered you would think that. No, I'm stuck in Roswell, New Mexico at the moment and things are pretty bad. It's a very conservative place with a bigoted mind-set. There are no jobs to be had, either.

I'll give Montreal some thought.

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Roswell, really? Insert UFO joke!


>> ^rougy:
>> ^calvados:
Where are you now -- France, wasn't it?
Ha ha ha!
I'm flattered you would think that. No, I'm stuck in Roswell, New Mexico at the moment and things are pretty bad. It's a very conservative place with a bigoted mind-set. There are no jobs to be had, either.
I'll give Montreal some thought.