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Originally Posted by Centropolis
100%. it’s a bit different in Canada since the space between Winnipeg and Toronto is a lot different than south of the lakes but the archetype is there, nonetheless.
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Absolutely. Winnipeg's typology can also be seen in the other Prairie cities, but in Alberta and Saskatchewan, the post-war resource booms transformed them into much newer, glossier cities (not unlike Winnipeg itself a century ago). Whereas Winnipeg is a bit dustier; it could've been the setting of
Adventures in Babysitting or
Gran Torino. I said Winnipeg could have been where Edmonton is earlier, but that only works if there was no oil in Alberta, otherwise Winnipeg would've probably ended up like an even bigger Edmonton.
What's interesting to me though is that politically, Calgary is probably the most stereotypically American city, but it doesn't really look like any American city except Denver (and even then there's clear differences in vernacular). Winnipeg is less like that, but the air of the place is not unlike the American Midwest nonetheless.