Has anyone ever been to edmonton?

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im moving to edmonton in september with my family and i was wondering how it was like their..for instance the schools, the malls,the houses and basically everything else.
plz help im really scared to move i havnt moved anywhere in 12 years

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Don't be scared. Edmonton is like one big small town. Yes, there are areas that are unsafe, but that is true for every city. Before your parents pack up and leave, have them go to Edmonton Public, or Edmonton Catholic schools. You and your parents should look through the catalogue of choices for schools. Edmonton has open boundaries, so you can go to any school you want, in either system. (Yes, non-Catholics may attend the Catholic system). Edmonton has an incredible amount of choice in the type of school. If you want fine arts, you go to Victoria. If you want Canadian studies or hockey school, you go to Vimy Ridge. There's French immersion, and other language schools. It looks as if you are high school age, so you can attend a small high school like Vimy, or a large one with lots of options, like Harry Ainlay. If you are unsure of the school you are interested in, all the schools' principals are more than happy to give you and your parents a tour of the school.

Malls are malls are malls. They are filled with the same stores and services you have in Windsor. Houses look the same - suburban houses look like suburban houses. Old houses look like old houses. I don't know about transportation in Windsor, but bus service is do-able, but yucky, or so my kids tell me. I take public transit too, and it's not the greatest at night.

The biggest challenge you will have is leaving your friends behind and having to make new friends. When you go to school in the fall, join clubs and groups at school, and you will soon find new friends, and maybe new interests. Remember that many of them will be attending new schools too and are likely as scared as you. Source(s): http://www.epsb.ca/index.shtml
http://www.ecsd.net/
http://www.edmonton.ca/portal/server.pt...

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i bet a lot of people from canada have
I cry for you :( :::::::::::::
Very similar to many other cities! As for the mall...West Edmonton Mall is HUGE!!
Their schools are great (with the exception of the one that has metal detectors and cops posted at it, but thats only 1 of a large number lol; and surprisingly it ISN'T the one that's downtown lol)...ironically the HS that the "rich" kids go to is in a not so great neighbourhood way across town lol.

Their shopping is alright (piece of advice not too many locals hang out at West Edmonton Mall...and it's not really all that safe at night as it is a gang stronghold...I used to hang out there on weekends and it isn't too bad but I wouldn't make a habit of hanging out there at 2AM by myself you know?).

Watch out what neighbourhood your in though...some are safer than others (but every place has their "bad parts" right?). There's some not so nice neighbourhoods but even their worst neighbourhood isn't as bad as other cities bad side.

As for the houses...well they range same as anywhere else...we have the old mansions, new mansions, apartments, condos, townhouses, average houses, older houses, rowhouses, etc...some are maintained some aren't, just depends on the neighbourhood really.

Seriously though look up Edmonton on Google and it will bring up a ton of useful sites with info for "locals" such as schools, etc etc.