Is it me or is Calgary turning into a shit hole?

[heavyD]

Driving home on a nice sunny day a away from June I couldn't help but notice what a dump this city has become. Piles of sand and gravel all over streets, sidewalks, dividers, etc. and dandelions heavily populating all city grasses like an unkept prairie field. Yeah I realize it was a bad winter and that the city doesn't want to spray weeks but that doesn't stop making this supposed world class city look like a reject town from Saskatchewan. It's June FFS clean the streets and cut the grass.

End of rant.

[schurchill39]

Originally posted by heavyD
... [it doesn't] stop [them from] making this supposed world class city look like a reject town from Saskatchewan. ...

[sabad66]

Yup... Dandelions are starting to get ridiculous.

[BigMass]

I hope they spray for mosquitoes this year

[tbomb]

fuckin' whiteys

[Grogador]

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/05...ay-in-the-sun/

They ain't spraying mosquitos this year either.

[MrSector9]

man the mosquitos in any park i have been into have been insane.... let alone the dandelions all over my damn lawn.

[oupzwrongthread]

I like the dandelions. They are purdy.

[StupidWade]

And are the streetsweeper trucks just shitty or are they just driving them too fast?

I've driven on roads that have just been swept (you can still see the wet marks from when the streetsweeper went by) and they've picked up the gravel but left behind a huge amount of loose dirt that makes a giant, choking cloud of dust once traffic hits it.

HeavyD's comment about the dandelions making it look like a small Saskatchewan town is very accurate.

And the state of repair of the road surface of even the main avenues downtown is getting to be a bit of a joke.

The problem now is that they're up to their necks fixing the 20% of the roads that are 80% shitty and they don't have the time or money to fix the other 80% of the roads that are 20% shitty. I think my next vehicle is gonna have to be an SUV.

[ExtraSlow]

Calgary always looks like shit in the spring, it has for decades.

The dandelions are worse over the last couple years because the city is using less herbicide as part of some chemical reduction strategy.

That being said, even on it's worst day, it looks about 18x better than Edmonton . . .

[dawerks]

Just gotta wait for the rains. Edmonton is looking dumpy, but St. A is looking gorgeous as ever. EXCEPT for where there is AH construction, that's not so nice.

[Modelexis]

Originally posted by dawerks
Just gotta wait for the rains.

joke?

if not, fyi, a 5 day straight rain period has just ended.

[beyond_ban]

They need to chop the dandelions before they go to seed.

[lellowrx7]

Originally posted by StupidWade
. I think my next vehicle is gonna have to be an SUV.

That's why our roads are going to hell! Every damn person in this town is buying big giant trucks, lifting them and putting 35s all around.
How do we expect the roads to hold up when you've got 4 ram 2500s or f250s sittin on them at all times?

[ianmcc]

Makes you wonder where the hell your taxes are going to.
Tunnels under the runway? Really?
If not for commitments I have in Calgary I would so be outta here! (Grumpy old man voice).
Sell off all of my toys, the big house and retreat to a little acreage in the Okanagan, where there is sure to be a whole new set of things to complain about.

[nismodrifter]

lol people bitching about "shitty" life in Calgary.

Get real.

[ekguy]

lol at all the pansy ass people who think the mosquitos are bad hahaha.

Go anywhere else in Canada, i.e. new brunswick, nova scotia, saskatchewan, manitoba, ontario, quebec, etc and then you'll know what insane mosquitos are haha.

When you can physically see a black cloud of them coming your way then you'll know you left calgary.

But on the other points I totally agree, Calgary is very, VERY dirty this spring...Sucks pretty bad.

[sevewone]

Originally posted by ianmcc
Sell off all of my toys, the big house and retreat to a little acreage in the Okanagan, where there is sure to be a whole new set of things to complain about.

*cough* HST, No work, expensive cost of living *cough* .

-I cant believe you guys are all bashing Calgary, I think its an awesome city. Sure its nice out here in the Okanagan but Calgary has so much to offer.. If it wasn't for school I would move back

[euro_racer]

...what gets me is the roads, soo many potholes everywhere. you notice just how bad it is when you drive a sporty/lowered car

[ddduke]

Originally posted by lellowrx7


That's why our roads are going to hell! Every damn person in this town is buying big giant trucks, lifting them and putting 35s all around.
How do we expect the roads to hold up when you've got 4 ram 2500s or f250s sittin on them at all times?

You're actually blaming big trucks for the roads being shitty? That's one I've never heard before. I guess half assed construction and drastic weather change has nothing to do with it. Maybe they should ban semis from driving on deerfoot so the roads stay better.

Actually, I think I'm going to sell all our work trucks and start buying everyone rx7's to haul equipment/materials so the roads stay better for you.