Lethbridge

Its okay if your doing something – school. But once thats over theres really nothing left to do in this hole. For a “city” thats been around for decades its really lacking in anything substantial to be proud of.

The Birds of Prey Center is awesome. I got to hold a burrowing owl (my favourite animal back then), and feed Snoopy the vulture a dead chick.

Fort Whoop-Up freakin’ Rules!!

Personally, I don’t like Lethbridge. It’s too windy.

I grew up here and finally moved to Calgary.
Much of it looks nice – more trees per capita than Calgary for sure, but the downtown is getting sort of run down. Too many drunk natives asking you to spare some change, then they spend it on alcohol (liquor, lysol, mouthwash).

There are a few nice places to visit, like Japenese Gardens and fort whoop up, but every place has a few of these. It is close to Waterton and Glacier National Parks.

Demographically, lots of retired people, natives, mormons, college and university students.

It seems like a lot of people considered community leaders are pretty disfunctional. If you grow up and do business here, you know which elected officials are drunks who beat their kids, which law firm partners have been busted for selling drugs, etc.

Not that much opportunity for careers. It got so bad that its main draw for business is that you can rent space and hire people for less than anywhere else. As a result, they have attracted a few new phone centres, but what sort of a job is that.

You would be safer in most places in Calgary. I don’t know anyone who has been murdered here, but I know a couple in Lethbridge.

Dont speed, the police find it easire to fight minor traffic violations than crime.

The fourth largest city in Alberta. It has many attractions and amenities yet not so large that it has large city problems (pollution, traffic, etc).

Great underground music scene and huge arts community. Near ski resorts and national parks.