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Originally Posted by Brandon716
I think we should stop stereotyping entire geographic locations based on just purely personal experiences within the gay community. I'm sure every city can be clique oriented and every city has open, friendly people. Its just in how you meet your friends.
What is true is that certain regions or areas have trends, for example the religious belt in America, or the fact that certain regions are known for extreme tolerance of multiculturalism (gay or not gay), and other places are known for their strict adherence to cultural norms/traditions whether religious or non-religious.
Calgary is a city I've never stepped foot in, so I try to avoid thinking about it with a lens. I don't know the place, all I know is that politically its Conservative. For me personally that's a negative, but its not the entire picture. Politics never shows a full picture. Politics is fluid and things can and do change all the time, in unexpected ways. I still love the area regardless, it looks beautiful, it has a lot of things going for it, and the province is sitting on a gold mine in the form of its natural resources so it'll be economically secure for a while yet. There's a lot to like about the area, and while I don't know the area Alberta doesn't scream religious evangelical like many American locations do... So I couldn't possibly dislike it. Cold weather also doesn't scare me, so even though its a tad cooler than Toronto I wouldn't hold it against the city.
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RE: Alberta Conservatism
FYI: Besides BC, Alberta has the second highest %age wise province with people that are irreligious. And besides Vancouver and Toronto has the third-most ethnically diverse city in Canada. Calgary has the highest concentration of head offices per capita. Alberta also has one of the highest concentrations per capita of engineers in North America, and the highest in Canada. And specific to gay marriage support, Alberta supports gay marriage by 74% (and that includes rural as well as urban areas).
Alberta was one of the first jurisdictions in North America to implement a carbon tax, and I believe even in a post-carbon world that Alberta is going to be a driver for innovation. Alberta has a wealth of environmental protection expertise with spending of $4.2 billion annually, with the next closest province at $1.5 billion annually in Ontario. If you care about the environment and actually want to make a living do so, Alberta is the best place in Canada to do that. I'd love to see a greater share of efforts put behind environmental prevention (like great light rail system or cycling infrastructure) instead of environmental protection.
Anyways, looking forward to flying out to Kelowna this weekend with my partner and a few friends for a ski trip.