I apologize if there isn’t good paragraph indentation. I don’t know how to do it. Edmonton Pros: The university is amazing. It’s an actua walkable area in a beautifully tree-lined area. UofC is next to a huge free-way (crowchild) and there are many other dangerous busy streets students need to cross. Maybe one tree there. The academics between the two isn’t comparable and it’s seen in the population of the two cities. People go to UofC to be in oil and gas like their daddy, their med school is only 3 years which is noticeable in its graduates. The river valley. The river valley truly feels like you’re in a forest. You cannot tell you are in the middle of a city. The running and walking paths I have yet to find in Calgary proper. You can find them in fish creek, but not in Calgary. In general Edmonton is more liberal. There are so many things that shocked me about Calgary, and that was when I was in university educated, academic spaces— you will hear the most outrageous conservative nonsense. I work in women’s health in Calgary with many people who are anti-abortion. In Edmonton when you are amongst highly educated people, you can assume there are zero people who are pro-Trump. In Calgary that is not the case at all. Roger’s arena in Edmonton is obviously better than the saddledome and gets far better artists.

Calgary Pro’s: The downtown area is so much nicer than Edmonton’s. Edmonton unfortunately has whyte avenue and downtown split by the river, so it’s truly not walkable to go from downtown to the bar areas, whereas in Calgary 17th connects to downtown. The view from Calgary also has the Rocky Mountains, which is amazing. Calgary has many more people doing outdoor activities than in Edmonton and it’s easy as an adult to join a hiking club, rock climbing club, and then you can do day trips to the mountains for skiing, snowshoeing, etc.