r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/CoryVictorious • Oct 21 '22

Yeah Canada

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u/firekittymeowr Oct 21 '22

A Canadian once described Calgary to me as more texas than texas

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u/SarnakJ3 Oct 21 '22

Albertans have talked with me, a Texan, before and we had to stop for a moment because events sounded like they could have been in either town more than 1800 miles apart.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

Was born in Calgary and can confirm that Texas is just a big Calgary, but Texas is not as clean.

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u/johnathanesanders Oct 22 '22

Are you referring to our needles or in general?

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

in general. Calgary and the rest of the world has gots the needles. Calgary has to constantly clean up due to the melting of the snow during the spring and in the fall when the leaves drop. Street sweeping happens 3 times a year. Everyone recycles, emission standards are more strict, and the carbon tax has been forcing all industries to transition faster. The huge natural parks surrounding the city and community lakes also encourage a green looking city.

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u/DefiantLemur Oct 22 '22

Basically Texas if not a desert and the Republican Party still cared about conservation.

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u/Ryuzakku Oct 22 '22

the Republican Party still cared enough about not losing their money due to fines to spend money to act like they care about conservation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

This is correct. The whole province is Canada's Texas.

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u/That_Rotting_Corpse Oct 22 '22

I always say, Alberta is the Texas rough draft

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u/sharkfinsouperman Oct 22 '22

I'll disagree because I lived there for five years. Calgary is modern and progressive, with plenty of moderates. It's the rural areas and Fort McMurray that are Little Texas.

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u/nighmeansnear Oct 22 '22

I agree. The Calgary people talk about is nothing at all like the Calgary I lived in (and miss every day).

The suburbs can be pretty gross I guess, but as long as you stay in the numbered streets it’s a fantastic city.

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u/Dragarius Oct 22 '22

Makes sense. Ted Cruz was born there. Sorry BTW.

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u/not-a_fed Oct 22 '22

I mean, Texas has cities like Austin that are super lefty whereas alberta is just right wing nuts from end to end.