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Why do so many people from Alberta try to act like redneck Americans? |
Travel Info Seriously, if you ever go to Calgary you'll see them driving huge pickup trucks and wearing big goofy cowboy hats and even using words like "Y'all." Are they joking?? if you walked around anyother part of Canada like that people would laugh their heads off at you. ... Look, Albertans are very friendly people but they gotta drop this American-wannabe crap! Travel Tips Awwww... are you all upset that Albertans don't want to be like Ontario? What a poor little cry baby you are. Stop being jealous of us and get a life. ------------------- Edit: Since one of you anti-Alberta folks reported my question for "Chatting" and had it deleted, I've reported this question as well. Others Same snotty attitude. Not all Americans are rednecks. Look up the history of the word redneck, there really is nothing wrong with it. What's wrong with wanting to be an American or even like one? We're for the most part good, honest, hard working folk! We have Canadians coming to our states EVERY day and we don't say look at those Canadians trying to look American. It sound to me that you are just jealous or in need of a hobby. Oh, by the way..I drive a huge pick-up truck(2006 Ford F250 Super Duty)(work & lots of pleasure), I say Ya'll and that hat.....it keeps your head warm. one quick note...I'm a woman..........Thank you. we consider Alberta to be the Texas of Canada. Their accent and attire is part of the Albertan culture. Just accept it and move on. It not worth blowing a gasket over this. I live in Alberta and I must admit to seeing people like that. They live in places like Longview, and Camrose. Generally they ranch or farm which would neceesitate the possession of a big pick up and would give you as much of a reason as any to wear a cowboy hat (being you're a cowboy you know) As to everyone else that lives here. Well, let's put it this way. Alberta's a province of just over three million people. Over a million of them live in Calgary. Just under a million of them live in Edmonton. Then of course there are the smaller cities of anywhere from fifty to seventy thousand people like Red Deer, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, and Fort MacMurray. So you do the math now. How many rural Albertans does that leave? I will admit that our cities here are different than a lot of others in Canada. This is an oil province, there's no getting away from it and the constant boom/bust cycle has taken a toll on institutions other cities have a better record of building, BUT these are still Canadian cities and I have NEVER met an American living here that wouldn't admit to that profusely. Stop pretending everyone has to have the Southern Ontario mentality to be "Canadian". It's not just Alberta, go to the other 2 prairie provinces and you will see the same thing. Just because you don't see that in Eastern Canada, it does not mean we are Americanized here in the West. Proud Saskatchewan Resident |
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