kcowan wrote:twa2w wrote: enjoy life with his wife and two sons in Regina.
Uh,. 'enjoy' life in Regina? Ok some people don't aim too high
If you have never lived there, your opinion does not count!
Humour notwithstanding, I suspect that opinions such as the one given are really rooted in the deep seated regionalism that was/is still present in this country. I remember travelling to the west when I was younger and being taken aback by some of the attitudes that were displayed based solely on where I came from. I suspect a lot of that was based on the political reality of the day.
Last weekend my wife and I went out for dinner in Dundas following a pottery show and we met up with a couple that had just moved here from Chilliwack. I'm sure we looked dumbfounded as we asked in unison: why? They had retired and were going to move anyway. Their son had found work in the GTA and had moved east with his young family. That's pretty easy to understand, I think.
They chuckled at our use of the word mountain to describe the escarpment, but by-in-large were pleasantly surprised by the community they had moved to with the only real complaint being roads and traffic, but if you're not commuting, you can work around that.
In the end it's all about the communities no matter where you choose to put down roots. The geography can change and the climate, but it's really all about the people. Worth remembering I think in light of on-going events in Alberta.
"On what principle is it, that when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?"
Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1830