Greenspace
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Or it is desirable but there are absolutely no growth boundaries.
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ChazYEG
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The even larger issue is that the perception of the city is horrible, both in terms of weather and crime. The amount of people who have never been to Edmonton and yet think it is a crime ridden, -30 degree freezer non-stop for 8 months a year is astounding. especially east of Saskatchewan. Edmonton's biggest issue is PR.
northlands
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Friend of mine was in Vancouver last weekend. His buddy goes up to talk to some girls at a bar, they ask where he's from, he says Edmonton. They laugh and say "Edmonton? Eww that place is cold and gross". Guess where they were from.
Saskatoon.
Kosy123
Senior Member
I mean there's barely any pushback about Edmonton's PR in social media at all.
From lower mainlanders thinking this place is the Arctic, people from Toronto thinking this place is a backwater filled with rowdy oil rig workers, Calgarians constantly shitting on us and rural conservatives thinking this is liberal hellhole #23, I'm not surprised people think badly on this place.
It's why those urbanist videos are a breath of fresh air. Something about the city that isn't about the Oilers on Youtube for once.
From lower mainlanders thinking this place is the Arctic, people from Toronto thinking this place is a backwater filled with rowdy oil rig workers, Calgarians constantly shitting on us and rural conservatives thinking this is liberal hellhole #23, I'm not surprised people think badly on this place.
It's why those urbanist videos are a breath of fresh air. Something about the city that isn't about the Oilers on Youtube for once.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
The most interesting phenomenon for me is that, despite these bad perceptions, a substantial amount of people who move to Edmonton stay in Edmonton and end up falling in love with the city. It wasn't too long ago, someone here posted the migrant retention rates for most major cities in Canada (interprovincial and international) and Edmonton had the highest for both the 5 and 10 year marks.
IanO
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policyenthusiast
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The omission of Downtown from this map is baffling, but still very interesting data.
Stevey_G
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If Calgarians could read they'd be deeply offended by this comment.
MacLac
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thommyjo
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Ellerslie road needs BRT/dedicated lanes/high frequency service
Glenco
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I have probably mentioned this before but back in the summer of 1972 the first year I spent time surveying with Walker, Newby and associates we had the contract to subdivide this land The idea was to sell the acreages in order to pay for all the amenities and the original purchase of the property. Needless to say quite a bit has changed since then.
fromyeg
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Current plan is for “RapidBus” service down Ellerslie from Windermere to Meadows. R3* (fixed)
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IanO
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Fall 2025 Housing Supply Report
Explore housing construction trends in Canada’s major cities and urban areas, including starts, completions, costs and other factors affecting supply.
IanO
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David A
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Interesting, the supposedly booming Calgary market is behind us, Winnipeg and the two Sask cities in terms of recent sales vs 10 year.
I also feel it is getting a bit too far ahead of itself with construction and there will be a correction or adjustment happening.
I also feel it is getting a bit too far ahead of itself with construction and there will be a correction or adjustment happening.