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Originally Posted by esquire
LOL ok homer, go bask in the beauty of the run down motels, strip malls and vacant lots of 118 Ave.
I'm done here.
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Literally.
I'm from Edmonton and I find this argument so absurd. I don't think I've said anything controversial - Winnipeg does have a wealth of pre-war urbanism that Edmonton does not. That urbanism is from a time before automobile supremacy and thus is inherently more walkable than most stuff built today. Despite lacking LRT, tons of new streetscapes, better urban policies, all of which are making Edmonton progress into a better city, Winnipeg still has all those old bones that mean that, despite decades of trying to turn the city into a car-oriented city, show a resilience and are a source of a lot of Winnipeg's current beauty.
Ultimately, I don't think Winnipeg is better than Edmonton or vice-versa. They both have things that make their cities attractive. In Winnipeg, its often rooted in the older urbanism as well as strong arts and political communities. In Edmonton, its the better planning and urban policy and sense of progress and optimism. It doesn't have to be an either/or.
I do think Winnipeggers, like Edmontonians until fairly recently, have a sense of fatalist defeatism about their city that make it easy for clowns like Edmonchuk to swoop in and play into stereotypes about the city that people have imbibed. Both cities are often punching bags on the national stage, but they're a lot better cities than people make them out to be.
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