Calgary, to most non-Calagarians, is
Canada
in a Stetson with a self-confident American swagger and a seemingly
insatiable thirst for business, especially if it involves oil. But like
most stereotypes, the truth is more complex. Shrugging off its image
as the city other Canadians love to hate, and standing strong despite
serious flooding that caused havoc in June 2013, Alberta’s largest
metropolis continues to stride cool-headed toward the future with a
thick skin and clear sense of its own destiny. Lest we forget, this is a
city that hosted the highly successful 1988 Winter Olympics, produced
Canada’s current prime minister (Stephen Harper), elected North
America’s first Muslim mayor, and throws one of Canada’s biggest
parties. The famous July Stampede is subtitled, with typical Calgarian
immodesty, ‘the greatest outdoor show on earth.’
Overtaken
sometimes by the pace of its own development, Calgary has often
forsaken quality for quantity in the past, following a path more in
tune with Dubai or Dallas than Austin or Portland, but there are signs
that the trend may be changing. Community activists in emerging Calgary
neighborhoods such as Inglewood and Kensington are finally waking up
and smelling the single-origin home-roasted coffee, with new bars,
boutiques, restaurants and entertainment venues exhibiting more color
and experimentation. Before you know it, the city that to unaffiliated
non-Calgarians has long served as an unloved and somewhat bland
business center or a functional springboard for the wonders of
Banff and the
Rockies might actually become – ahem – interesting.
Calgary, to most non-Calagarians, is Canada
in a Stetson with a self-confident American swagger and a seemingly
insatiable thirst for business, especially if it involves oil. But like
most stereotypes, the truth is more complex. Shrugging off its image
as the city other Canadians love to hate, and standing strong despite
serious flooding that caused havoc in June 2013, Alberta’s largest
metropolis continues to stride cool-headed toward the future with a
thick skin and clear sense of its own destiny. Lest we forget, this is a
city that hosted the highly successful 1988 Winter Olympics, produced
Canada’s current prime minister (Stephen Harper), elected North
America’s first Muslim mayor, and throws one of Canada’s biggest
parties. The famous July Stampede is subtitled, with typical Calgarian
immodesty, ‘the greatest outdoor show on earth.’ 
Overtaken
sometimes by the pace of its own development, Calgary has often
forsaken quality for quantity in the past, following a path more in
tune with Dubai or Dallas than Austin or Portland, but there are signs
that the trend may be changing. Community activists in emerging Calgary
neighborhoods such as Inglewood and Kensington are finally waking up
and smelling the single-origin home-roasted coffee, with new bars,
boutiques, restaurants and entertainment venues exhibiting more color
and experimentation. Before you know it, the city that to unaffiliated
non-Calgarians has long served as an unloved and somewhat bland
business center or a functional springboard for the wonders of Banff and the Rockies might actually become – ahem – interesting.
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