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Originally Posted by theman23
Did you completely miss the part where Calgary was ranked better? Or that most of the current columnists at Macleans are so far right-wing that they probably abhor everything that Toronto stands for? Or that not a single Toronto university even ranks in McGill's top 3? Or maybe you would have preferred a ranking where they simply fudged the numbers with your city, just pretended that a few of those murders never occurred? I'm sure if we look hard enough, we'll find that they were never really killed in the first place! I have a feeling you don't have any problem with their methodology, you just don't like the results.
You know, this whole pseudo-persecution complex you have stops being cute when it has absolutely no grounding in reality.
No. Except for in Regina, which I believe has the highest concentration of Dentistry schools on the planet! And some said market-driven schools would never work! Pshaw. You guys sure showed them!
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Whoa! Take it easy there partner.
If you were from Manitoba or Saskatchewan you would be down in the dumps too. MacLeans usually doesn't offer too my articles in praise of Winnipeg, Saskatoon or Regina.
In my humble opinion, the article is grossly over sensationalized to say the least. They make Regina sound like Watts. Truth be known, more people get killed in Detroit on a long weekend then they do in Winnipeg for a whole year.
It's hardly as if Winnipeg and Regina are Sodom and Gomorrah.
Yes Calgary made the list of 'safe' cities, but it is because of its relative affluence and low aboriginal population.
Articles like these only make it harder for cities like Winnipeg to regain the confidence of outside investors.
How are we supposed to improve our economic condition when every businessman across the country thinks Winnipeg is a warzone?
As Andy pointed out, violent crime in this city is mostly between people who are known to each other.
I.e) two guys get into a scuffle in a crack den and one gets knifed.
It's hardly as if there are masked marksmen picking people off at random from on top of the Canwest tower.