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  • #76
    Originally posted by Asher
    Edit: Doing some research it appears most of those visitors (3.3 million) are to Casinos?



    Visitors from neighboring towns coming to gamble don't count.
    Well you can take issue with the official numbers if you want, but it doesn't change them.

    I'm still right.

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    • #77
      Originally posted by Asher

      Keep in mind Ottawa is within easy driving distance of most of Canada, and Calgary is in the middle of nowhere. People usually have to fly here for touring.
      Whine, whine, whine.

      Meanwhile, more people still agree that Ottawa is a better place to visit (and live).

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      • #78
        Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn


        Whine, whine, whine.

        Meanwhile, more people still agree that Ottawa is a better place to visit.
        Poll time.

        http://www.apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=145642




        (and live).
        If that were true, wouldn't Ottawa be outpacing Calgary in growth instead of being far behind?
        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Asher

          Keep in mind Ottawa is within easy driving distance of most of Canada, and Calgary is in the middle of nowhere. People usually have to fly here for touring.
          First, what is "easy driving distance"? Dependant on your answer, you've just essentially agreed to one of the biggest Western complaints about central Canadian control of the country.

          Second, it's not "Calgary is in the middle of nowhere", it's "Calgary is the middle of nowhere", or "Calgary is nowhere".

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Asher

            Poll time.

            http://www.apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=145642


            Its on.

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Asher
              Everyone knows the most pathetic cities are picked for capitals (Edmonton, Ottawa, Washington DC, etc)
              Only in your insane part of the world. We pick great cities for our capitals.
              Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
              -Richard Dawkins

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              • #82
                Isn't poly great ?? An article on appreciation of the Canadian dollar led to a p**sing contest between Calgary, Ottawa and I think the greater Washington D.C. area and even spawned a second thread
                You don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto Luongo

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                • #83
                  The greater Washington DC area didn't take the flamebait.
                  I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                  • #84
                    You were outgunned from the start, everyone knows Washington DC is crime-ridden, povery-stricken, and generally an undesireable place filled with crooks, liars, and lobbyists.
                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                    • #85
                      Yet despite those facts, people keep moving here in large numbers. Imagine that...
                      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #86
                        They're drug dealers or masochists or politicians -- either way, you lose.
                        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by Asher
                          You were outgunned from the start, everyone knows Washington DC is crime-ridden, povery-stricken, and generally an undesireable place filled with crooks, liars, and lobbyists.
                          And yet I would still choose to live in DC over Calgary in a heartbeat.

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                          • #88
                            People who move to Ottawa are masochists, so it's fitting they'd want to live in DC. After all, who wouldn't want one of the highest murder rates in North America to raise a family or enjoy life?

                            A friend of mine did a 16 month internship in Ottawa (today's her last day), and I haven't heard a single good thing about Ottawa from her. And I hear lots of rants.
                            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                            • #89
                              I've been living in Ottawa - Gatineau for the last 5 years and it's OK. As has been said, the night life isn't much to talk about though.
                              As far as i'm concerned i would never ever consider moving to Washington if i had the choice between it and Calgary.
                              What?

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                              • #90


                                The Capitals suck.
                                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                                Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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