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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker
Regina looks amazing. After the discussion about why people think Edmonton is smaller than it is yesterday, I Bird Viewed Saskatoon on Bing and it looked like a giant parking lot with concrete cubes on it. So I checked Flickr to see if it was that bad - and there were some nice pictures there so it was O.K. But Regina looked good even from the air. Very pretty little city, especially for the prairies, which I find it typically utilitarian. A good model, along with Calgary, for the others to follow. Mix in some glass, etc.
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I take it you haven't been to either city personally; skyline wise yes Regina is exceptional for a ~200k city but using pictures off Bing and Flickr as a benchmark for what Saskatoon is like is severely undercutting it. You made a great comparison between Regina and Calgary, and I would agree; it is akin to Saskatoon & Edmonton in many ways. Saskatoon may not have the skyline of Regina, but it is one amazing city if you're a student or a young professional. There is a surprising amount of arts, culture, student life, and overall cleanliness to the city that it really changes one's perception.
I say this because I never thought too much of Saskatoon until I had to go there to do some business, and I was pleasantly surprised with how much the city has to offer, and how in some ways it can feel twice the size it really is.
Regina is amazing as well, in the SK forum people gave me some great places to check out, and when I was there last I looked even deeper and found some really neat pubs, hole in the wall restaurants (some weren't really restaurants as much as they were hole in the wall eateries) and found there was much to be offered for such a small city.
I suggest you check both out for yourself, especially Saskatoon...it is surprisingly very awesome.
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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker
A panorama of Newfoundland's fourth city, Corner Brook. Almost typed our terms without thinking, ha! For us, Grand Falls-Windsor is "Central", Corner Brook is "the West" or "West Coast". But, in a Canadian context, those terms mean something else.
Anyhow, it's 691 km (7 hours, 54 mins) from St. John's.
Corner Brook Panorama summer 2011 by Shears Gallery, on Flickr
They even have a Pride!
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Thank you very much for posting this...I used to live there
well... near there...but did all the shopping and such in CB. Thanks, that place holds sentiment for me.