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Originally Posted by Berklon
Sounds like the World Cup isn't getting much interest in Western Canada. I suspected that would be the case - but I thought Vancouver would be the exception. This is one of the reasons why I think Canada hosting the World Cup is a very long shot. Sure the WC attracts a lot of tourists, but there still has to be some local interest.
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What is interesting about the West is that its population is quite diverse and has lots of people whose origins are in soccer-mad countries.
Also interesting is the fact that the World Cup mania in many established (and relatively assimilated) immigrant origin communities in Ontario and Quebec is a bit of ''rekindling''. In the 1970s I can say with quite a bit of certainty that your average kid born here of Greek or Italian parents in Montreal, Ottawa or Toronto was not exactly nuts about the World Cup.
In some cases it probably skipped a generation or two, or the interest is something that developed as an adult among people who did not really grow up paying much attention to soccer. (This was basically my case - though I am not of immigrant origin.)
Of course, if you are part of one of these communities, it is pretty hard to ignore the World Cup today. Even if you did not grow up with the sport.
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