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a meme about Ontario
Nov 13, 2016 5:37 AM
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Awesummzz
Albertan, spot on
WhatAShipIs
I don't care that OP is giving people stupid ideas but these descriptions kinda make me want to check out Canada for myself.
NiceCatchBlancoNinoTooBadYourAssGotSacked
I was gonna move to Canada but my family was having Nunavat.
purplepouffe
Quebec here: we won't hate you if you're willing to learn bits of French. Here are the basis: bonjour, merci, poutine, tabarnac. You welcome
xXOccamsChainsawXx
That was scary accurate
alteriron
Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.
Regnvaldur
Saskatchewan better be filled with violent, 18-wheeler flipping winds.
nickthebody
No issue there, and to add to it, you'll be dodging gigantic potholes in the highways! Wyoming doesn't have that on their smooth red roads.
easybrz
Oh yeah we got that covered
CatpainSlackbladder
I took a train across Saskatchewan. Never do that. There's no scenery so you're never completely sure the train is moving. Disorienting.
TheGr8ness
Puerto Rico of the north! I don't want Nunavut!
peteyxxpablo
Ultimatekek
POUTINE TABARNACK DE CALISS!
ThatAssholeOverThere
I think I'll stay in California. We'd probably put up a hell of a fight if Trump pulled anything
LonelyBrannigan
The Alberta one is perfect!
Wallfish6
I don't really know what Indiana has to do with Ontario, but we do have the better side of Niagara Falls ;) @blumpkinpie69
EroticZombiePants
I really don't think anyone would deny that.
h2ocean
Get up into the Canadian shield which is most of Ontario and way more beautiful than Indiana
h2ocean
Rural areas of southern Ontario look like Indiana. The rest is considerably different
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
Lots of wild farther north. Hills and trees.
woah2847583
Feanor19
What food are you known for?
woah2847583
...cajun food?
Feanor19
My bad I took that as Quebec food. Yeah I know and love me some Cajun food. Spice/seasoning ratio is generally spot on for my taste
woah2847583
Ahh gotcha, yeah. my b. I love things spicy, but sometimes even cajun food isn't enough for me lmao.
Ticotec1
Im from Quebec we are not that bad just speak french when you are not in Montreal.
TechNutz
That's even worse
MrMooseanator
When I was in Montreal a man on the street asked me if I wanted to go somewhere called the "pussy palace" 10/10 visit
happyboz
Canada is wickedly beautiful. .....just crazy gorgeous place from coast to coast.
kjb72
Have you seen Essex County, Ontario? it's so damn flat and boring here.
ekzeko
Unfair, it's to big. There's plenty of shitspots but if you only focus on the good spots then sure.
croozin
Hi. From Guam. We freak out whenever we see Guam mentioned...anywhere really. And we remember it collectively...forever. So thanks! :)
MdotR
We mention Guam all the time in the states. We always say things like "what are you like from Guam?!"
Nof60
As a Yukoner, I freak out whenever I see Yukon mentioned... How similar we are...
umikaloo
Canadians feel the same way when we're mentionned, I can imagine how it feels, I don't know much about Guam, can you tell me about it?
FreakAndi
I had a friend from Guam and I freak out whenever I see Guam mentioned. Hooray!
Begotten
On a scale of the Taliban to a Bald Eagle, how American do people from Guam feel?
amayawolf
I lived there for a while and I freak out whenever Guam is mentioned too. I miss the great beaches and sushi.
30Blok
So what do we call you guys? The Guamish? Guammy Bears?
happinessconsultant
From Hawaii. Same
NoJobFriedHam
Despites the fact that Quebec's first language is french, I would say it is the province that would welcome you the most, if you try a bit.
Feytira
That is not the impression I got from visiting there. I get the impression they hate everyone until they've earned respect.
flyingcanoe
It's 2 different cultures, some things get lost in translation. Quebecers are proud and sensitive, but yearn for amity. Keep that in mind :)
StephenBB81
No, if you SPEAK FRENCH, but Nova Scotia is by far the most welcoming province, I've visited. strangers invite you in for kitchenparties
WetzelsPretzels
We were eating at the chateau and my friends don't speak any French. The waiter was a huge dick to them about it and went through me.
flyingcanoe
Surprising, as Québec city and especially the château is very touristic. Maybe you just got a shitty waiter?
BeatsBearsBattlestarGalactica
Gotta try northeastern Newfoundland. Nicest people I've met... as long as you can understand them.
flyingcanoe
Can confirm. Nicest people on earth and I'm not overstating.
0rpheus
Wha'd ya at b'y?
filberttheokay
Dis is it, me ol' trout.
Ilovehamandpineapplepizza
Never been to San Fran, but what I do know is Vancouver is exactly Seattle's weather. It's Seattle but in Canada. I'm fun at parties.
giitsok
I think the may have been referring to our large LGBQT community in Vancouver? Vancouver is way different than Seattle. Aside from weather.
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
Sometimes we get rain at slightly different times!
IratetheD
San Francisco is a beautiful city I love it there great weather
Ilovehamandpineapplepizza
Would love to visit. It's on my bucket list
xxjabberwocky
Bay Area has usually wet winters but we do get some nice winter sunshine. Summers are about a week of heat. and then lots of cold foggy days
nopo
Well, if you ever do go there, don't call it that. Or 'Frisco'. Locals call it either 'The City', 'San Francisco' or just 'SF'.
sovietfedor
But do call it Frisco if you want to annoy people
Axewhipe
I like Frisco. It sounds cooler
icebalm
It's almost like they are in close proximity to each other.
BonerJamz2000
Canadian here. Vancouver is very rainy, but the interior of british columbia gets almost tropical heat during the summer. Its gorgeous.
FOXTY
Shhhh, let's just keep that to ourselves eh?
giitsok
Vancouver has almost a constant temperature between 10-25 C year round. interior and northern interior goes between -40 to +40
yeeaaaaahdad
Hahahahahahaha 25C in the winter? Hahahah - the fraser valley
giitsok
A high of about 25 for the year. A low of about what? 8? average between those two numbers. It rarely goes below 10 and rarely goes above 25
roxyamused
It's slightly colder, windier as it's not sheltered by mountains, wetter. Bellingham, my hometown is closer but less Cananadadadian.
CountVorkosigan
This is mildly incorrect, looking at wikipedia. Vancouver, has has slightly wetter and colder winters than Seattle.
NikNoonans
Less than a 3 hour drive so yes similar weather
comfortableshoes
No, this guy is fun at parties.
CapnReach
Better in Victoria though, that's where the parties are at
Mummypants5000
Seattle is Vancouver with less weed
LatestCrash
Just wait until -40C weather hits. You might not like Canada so much after that.
DukeDarkwood
AND they'll feel right at home, because -40C is -40F! They may be freezing, but they'll understand why.
Toqueman
Or you could just come to the city I'm from because we haven't had snow in like 5 years
LatestCrash
I have lived in Ont, AB, travelled all through the West and into the East. Always saw snow. Then again global warming
Toqueman
I live in Victoria on Vancouver Island. We don't get snow anymore, just lots of rain. Head up north a bit and there's lots
LatestCrash
Yeah I hear you guys get all the rain. Here it's cloudy and potential snow like always this time of year. Hoes the weather today?
Toqueman
Yeah it sucks. I miss the snow :( Hahaha it's raining today.
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
Rainy in vancouver, not too snowy in Toronto. Anywhere near water is brutal though.
TheOberhouser
I feel Vancouver Island is more of Canada's Hawaii than Newfoundland
Freya7
I agree
smileyalyssa
i agree, there are palm trees and Rhododendrons everywhere on Vancouver Island, & you need to have alot of money to live there.
LZYRMN
As a Vancouverite, that's pretty correct about BC. Just a shit load more expensive.
greatwhite67
I've only been to Victoria and it was outstanding!
EmeraldLight
That's correct about SOUTHERN BC -.- There's an entire province above you, yanno
cudlob
Been to most of those places, mostly true. But whats up with the hate thing for Québec!
GnomeMode
If Quebec is the province right above Sault Ste Marie, MI, that explains all the rude Canadians I met at LSSU.
gmdave
That would be the middle of Ontario
GnomeMode
Oh that's right, Quebec is a city, not the name of one of their provinces. I forget cuz no one talks about Ontario lol
Dalaad
Québec is both the province and its capital
GnomeMode
Why do I not care enough about Canada for this shit to stay in my brain for more than a minute
flyingcanoe
Quebecers are not that rude, it's just the rest of Canada that's unbearably polite.
Vieltrien
If the rest of Canada is polite I would not want to see what it's like in the rest of the world.
flyingcanoe
*polite with everyone except Quebecers.
Doumdidoum
We had the temerity to resist british oppression. So... We are racist pricks to them.
mdzmdz
They're French.
Doumdidoum
As much as americans are brits
mdzmdz
Australia / New Zealand would be a better comparison.
yoryelle
I don't feel we are more rude than any other place, but yeah sometimes people don't connect if there is a language barrier!
yoryelle
And people in Quebec do embrace French as their primary language! But I think in Montreal pretty much everyone is bilingual or so!
khanman91
I noticed that if I speak in French, people tend to be a little more receptive. Regardless, still a beautiful city with great culture! (2/2)
flyingcanoe
Wouldn't it be the same anywhere else though? Speak Spanish in Perú, people will be more receptive...
khanman91
I'm an Ontarian that lived in Montreal for a couple years. Yeah most are bilingual, and the people are generally quite nice. However (1/2)
hobbit189
Quebec is not bilingual, French is the official language, not english, not both. 2/3
hobbit189
Coming to Quebec and expecting to be talked to only in english and refusing any French won't get you very far outside of Montreal.
hobbit189
Well, it's obvious that if you come and refuse to speak the language of the place people won't give a flying fuck about you. 1/3
Lyrian
There used to be a violent separatist movement in the the 60s, called the FLQ that wanted the french to secede from Canada, eventually
idownvoteplottwist
They have their own modern political party, don't they? I remember seeing districts going that way during Canadian election night.
Lyrian
Yes they do - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloc_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois they only campaign in that province, though have dropped off a bit.
Lyrian
Compared to the previous years - I don't feel that the separatist movement is as 'loud' as it used to be. But then I also live in a
Lyrian
different province, so I wouldn't necessarily be in the loop for all that.
Lyrian
there was a massive referendum that was done that could have let that happened, but it was voted no by the smallest of margins, since then
Lyrian
we've been a little salty they wanted to leave. Plus Quebecers really want to preserve their french culture, but sometimes causes friction
Lyrian
with the way they try to execute that.
DoAllOfTheDrugs
I press *1 for english and I'm answered in french.
flyingcanoe
triggered
djzapz
What savagery is this...
myusernameisntfunny
As an ontarian I can't work in Quebec. But a quebecois can work in Ontario. Double standard pricks.
mdzmdz
There's a similar thing where some jobs in Wales require a Welsh speaker. We call it jobs for the Boyos.
veestar
That's because they can speak English but you can't speak French. It isn't a double standard if there's a skill based requirement.
myusernameisntfunny
Found the French guy living in Ontario backing his buddies from norde Dam de nord. Keep that French connection strong buddy eh
flyingcanoe
I gather you're from Liskeard or something. It's Notre-Dame-du-Nord, and they're nice people, all bilingual.
myusernameisntfunny
You're still talking? Ruffled your feathers eh
veestar
Nope I'm the Quebcoise. Mais c'est ben correct de même!
myusernameisntfunny
Figures
veestar
Keep up propagating hate buddy eh!
YoSoyMilk
I think referencing the stereotype that Québécois are rude pricks.
lizardbones
I've got family from Quebec, most of them are
flyingcanoe
If most of the people you meet in an area are pricks, generally you should do some introspection as to how you approach them. Just my 2¢.
Harmine
The thing is that those few rude pricks get all the credits because most of the medias are part of the pricks.
flyingcanoe
cf the US of A lately
HellomynameisSatan
But they are...
alwaysupvotingpallascat
Québécoise here. I don't hate you
ellei
We do not hate people... We are just afraid to be forced to speak english and loose our culture
emuthegreen
you spoke in english, so they hate you. and us.
natabus
So, logically, you're Cajun.
fudgesickle
We love you!
sovietfedor
Hello, Quebecian!
alwaysupvotingpallascat
Hi!
ImBiggusDickus
My girlfriend is in Quebec and they are all nice.
AnalTelescope
nah, of course most people are nice, but from experience traveling across canada, as a canadian, the asshole percentage in Qc is highest
djzapz
As a Quebecer who has traveled across Canada, the asshole %age in Alberta was the highest. Hardly think my experience is representative tho.
AnalTelescope
Eh, anecdotal evidence rarely is. My experience in Alberta was pretty much devoid of human interaction. That place was empty af
SirWadeWilson
Cajun here, I don't understand your French compared to my french.
alwaysupvotingpallascat
Your french sound's like music to my ears, it's very colorful!
flyingcanoe
Cajun French is beautiful. Similar to Acadian French which is also super charming.
SirWadeWilson
Fun fact the word Cajun is derived from the word Acadian, we were from there till the British kicked us out.
flyingcanoe
Yup. Cadien, Acadien, Cayen, Cajun.. It's a type of french directly linked to the french of Rabelais and Molière. Acadians were deported 1/
flyingcanoe
to Louisiana among other places, when the British invaded Nouvelle-France (Port-Royal to be precise)
ryannewman4life
I'm from Louisiana and I do hate you.
alwaysupvotingpallascat
It's ok, I will love you for the both of us
TheAmazingBlahaj
Throw another shrimp on the barbie.
DinoHunter56
Wrong continent lol
Jonjonnotaleprechaun
Oh just get on yer gater & ride back into the swamp dang nabbit!
ObamasBigBlackCaucus
Quebec is wonderful! Pain au chocolat for president!
vrrysugoii
Poutine for president*
ObamasBigBlackCaucus
Fuck poutine! Gravy is for elitist fat cats. Your french fries probably came from Gina. #TeamPainAuChocolat
Goatlord
I see you, French spy. It's not "pain au chocolat", it's "chocolatine", tabarnak!
ObamasBigBlackCaucus
*quickly discards croissants* Je ne parle pas français
alwaysupvotingpallascat
These days it's more like bagels et foulards at Leonard Cohen's home!
Winterhathcome
I'm from Ontario, and like 40% of Quebec hates us. Maybe a bit less because they're getting old and dying, but still a lot.
DorthLous
I have good friends in Ontario. We have issues when someone comes from English Canada and immediately tries to demean Québec.
shakela
Well, some of us including myself hate those guys anyway.
shakela
I meant to say I hate those haters, hope it was clear enough
URNOTGURIMGUR
nobody likes anyone from Ontario
Deshfyre
false, nobody like people from southern ontario, northern and southern ontario are way different places.
Azrai11e
Is this like the Northern/ Southern California debate?
Deshfyre
No Clue, whats that debate about? basically the large population of ONT lives in southern ontario, and North is pretty empty and different.
URNOTGURIMGUR
True. Most people see southern Ontario as Toronto. Everybody hates Toronto.
Deshfyre
I love to visit, wouldnt want to live there though. but man, the ottawa valley is beautiful tho, and Southern ontario is quiet.
flyingcanoe
Quebecer here, can confirm, Northern Ontarians are generally super friendly and have a great sense of humor.
Zaerdy
We don't hate you, just those who drives at 80km/h in the left lane and 18yo getting drunk and yelling all over the place at springbreak.
Deshfyre
you say that, but literally everyone with a quebec liscence plate near where I lived does that.....
DoNotForgetMyName
And turning right on a red light... which as an Ontarian I understand but ain't nobody got time for that.
OdeToBouncer
What's wrong with turning right on red?
alwaysupvotingpallascat
Québécois are really impatients drivers. A lot of white bikes in our streets, a sad reminder that a cyclist died there
DoNotForgetMyName
Not allowed in Quebec. A lot of people get fined for it if you don't know. They have signs that say that when you enter the province.
Ruxpin613
I am also. Some wouldn't hate me if I tried to speak French. They would speak to me in English because my French was so poor lol but I tried
flyingcanoe
By trying, you're showing an open mind, hence the fact that we'll gladly speak English with you.
tomyironmane
I take it you speak some form of French?
TwerkyTurkey
"French"
alwaysupvotingpallascat
Oui!
sovietfedor
Want to see the stop sign in Quebec? http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8145/7188343935_6a28089472.jpg
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Exowe
Yeah what's up with that? I have one in French in front of my house and a english one on the next street...
flyingcanoe
Commonly heard in Quebec: "Slow down, there's an Arrêt-Stop".
mdzmdz
An incomprehensible dead language
alwaysupvotingpallascat
Ignorant
tomyironmane
"Hello?" "Bonjour!"
MC5Tonne
Agreed. The Quebecois just staunchly respect and defend their traditions.
MrMooseanator
And some also try to push that on the rest of us, which is why a lot of people dislike them.
Dalaad
Rest of us? As in rest of canada or non-french québécois? Because I'm pretty sure most of us are only asking to keep our culture alive 1/2
MrMooseanator
Rest of Canada.
mdzmdz
If you need to do so through legal enforcement rather than free will it seems excessive.
mdzmdz
There's also all that business in France with the Académie Française wanting to discourage the incorporation of English terms.
Dalaad
I might be wrong, but aren't american/english people strongly encouraged, if not forced to speak english? Are stores not obligated to 1/2
Dalaad
In Québec. Of course we have some over the top individuals, but no more than anywhere else. At least that's what I think, I might be wrong
flyingcanoe
You're not wrong. There's an equal amount of assholes in every culture. Except for Newfoundland, those Newfies are way too nice for Earth.
nigellemieux
Lies.
iamOzymandiasLookOnMyWorksDumbassAndDespair
Well thats one.
Spfeel
no one ever explains why quebec and its people suck, I've asked canadians, and all they say is that they suck, with no explanation.
Sahuagin
they force everything in the country to have french on it, and they also all vote liberal
flyingcanoe
We didn't force shit. What do I care if a Mars bar in Calgary says "contient des pinottes"? Know your history: P.E. Trudeau multiculturalism
Sahuagin
well, I know there are at least laws in Quebec specifically that force things to have french on them and/or not to have english on them
mdzmdz
They're French.
Freya7
Quebec is a beautiful place, and the people are known to be quite stylish. They can be very political and very protective of their culture.
Freya7
They also play the victim... they feel threatened by English culture. They also have a big separatist movement to leave Canada.
flyingcanoe
We *are* threatened by English culture. Separatist movement not so big. Open mindedness the rule, not the exception. Come visit!
KarmaRaven23
Probably the French level is super high
StephenBB81
Really it depends where you go, and the language you speak. If you KNOW french use it, if you don't, don't try. very dif from France
flyingcanoe
Try a few words, even if you suck, it'll get you a long way. Usually we will quickly switch to English to accommodate you.
deltaquadrant
1/3 In 2016-17, Quebec will once again be - by far - the biggest recipient of equalization payments (between 10 provinces and 3 territories)
deltaquadrant
2/3 Quebec will get about $10 billion from the $18-billion program. Why? So they can be francophone and do francophone things.
deltaquadrant
3/3 It has been like that for far too long, and the rest of Canada is sick of it. (& their attitude sucks towards non-quebecers.)
djzapz
Other provinces receive way more per capita than Quebec in equalization payments. Also Quebec is very rural so low income is why the (1/x)
djzapz
province tends to need more than the other larges provinces like BC or Alberta/Sask which would need equalization if they (2/x)
flyingcanoe
You need to get out more. You are way off. Maybe read a history book while you're at it. That being said we're all Canadians.
quickhand
It's just irrational bigotry. Most of the people who hate Quebec so badly have never been there. They're just regurgitating stereotypes.
Scuvich
You hate to take the pas history of Québec and the rest of Canada. An referendum was taken, twice, as to separate from the rest of the 2/
Scuvich
2/ of the country. For reason such as cultural identity and language. The older generation are bitter in that sense and more rural sector 3/
Scuvich
3/ of Québec (the province not the city) don't have a lot of cultural exposition. If you were to see Montréal, it a melting pot, with 3/
Scuvich
3/ from everywhere. Just, don't drive in Montréal they ARE some of the worst driver in the world, and you'll resent them for that.
keppay
Can confirm. I was like that until I worked with a Quebec company. They were the most friendly people I've met (I live in Alberta)
baubaugo
I'm from Indiana, been to Ontario. You're not joking.
TherealCLY3
As someone from California can you explain the similarities
AchilesHeel
I'm from Ontario, been through Indiana. Op isn't joking.
Srcsqwrn
Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
SanguineForSam
Albertan here: Ontario is so lovely! Definitely don't hate visiting. :)
LeoHowler
Dunno man, I hear from an Indiana native that it's pretty heavily Christian and conservative?
MarkVigil
It's somewhere you drive through
HeroinBob
Wait.. so Ontario sucks ass? I've driven a semi through a lot of states. Indiana has the rudest people and the worst roads.
Hypnoticcow
Indiana is the armpit of the US. And the last 30 miles smell like a butthole
eagleeye33
Ontario is pretty awesome
Tokzki
Been to both places. Only difference? Indy: Starbucks; Ontario: Tim H
SeanAker
There's a Tim Hortons near my college campus and I'm in Indiana. S'kinda weird.
DrKriegersClone
I wish the Canadian ones had as good sandwiches as (at least some of) the US stores.
Thecogwheel
There where two tims IN my collage. And another 3 within a reasonable walking distance
SeanAker
Are you sure you don't accidentally live in Canada?I've seen two TH there so close you could have a yelled conversation from one to the othr
Thecogwheel
I don't accidentally live in Canada, I just live in Canada
rogievachon
That's all of Canada. Not just Ontario. For good reason too.
Goatlord
Tim Hortons quality has gone down the drain, I haven't gone there in years. The coffee is garbage now.
Thecogwheel
Agreed, the only reason I go to one is because they're literally everywhere. Like take the number of Starbucks the states have and double it
ABeanDerp
We have Starbucks too!
icebalm
capnmal
As someone else from Indiana, can you explain the similarities?
clutchthepearls
My guess is its not British Columbia, but it's not Saskatchewan either.
babyjoker
drive 40min outside toronto and attitudes kinda change, but judging by the elections, i realize most large US cities are the same as well..
pookieeatworld
Read that as altitudes and was very confused for a bit...
orangedoorhinge
as someone who's been to indiana a few times I have to imagine a shopping center then a 70 mile stretch of barren farmland highway
orangedoorhinge
and then another shopping center
Transginger
Kokomo represent. What up?
ArtistFormerlyKnownAsMousecop
I hail from close to Kokomo, out near Greentown. Professional tornado dodger
Transginger
Have a friend out in Greentown by the car wash
Imnotverygood
That is so kokomo
Rainman2203
Born and raised in Kokomo, moved the hell out after high school. Bail before the meth fairy finds you
babyjoker
from toronto, ont.. i think the post meant places outside the city because we are like any other large multicultural city
fudgesickle
As a lifelong Torontonian who has a lot of Canada, Toronto is the anomaly in not only Ontario but the rest of Canada.
Sebastan
Not Montreal or even Vancouver?
fudgesickle
Both Montreal & Vancouver are different but retain enough of what the rest of Canada is like.
OnceIThoughtIWasWrongButIWasMistsken
You southern ontarians in Canada's penis are a whole separate province from the rest of glorious redneck Ontario
Sebula
If I didn't think this were true I'd have a lot of sleepless nights.
drwaddles
30 rock said it right. Toronto is like New York without all the stuff!
andTestament
Surrounded by rural nothingness? Because that's pretty much Indianapolis too.
bedrok
The GTA is a massive metropolitan area with over 8 million people. But yeah, outside of that it's farms and forests
AlkeneThiol
I have traveled to both for a few days at a time twice and would never think to compare them, myself
fr1080f
As someone from Ontario I kinda want to know the similarities too.
Oyer
Ditto!!!
rimehoarfrost
From Ontario here, I imagine they are comparing our rural places. Lots of green, trees, lakes, good hunting, fishing, etc.
pizzaparty
You just described Michigan tbh.
PocketStenographer
From Indiana. It's like 85% corn fields, 10% sad rust belt towns, 5% new growth forests.
ElCabaro
You forgot the meth. Lots and lots of meth
DeathComesForMe
That's 100% southern ontario. Farther north you go you change the corn fields to just trees but ya
afriendinneedsafriendindeedafriendwithmemesisbetter
I'd say southern ontario is Indiana, northern ontario is new hampshire. I'm from Ontario.
EthexC
Same for us except south for forests.
Techtronic
Northern Manitoba has the trees too but it seems like a lot of them are extra crispy
Mythdorn
I've never been to Texas or North Dakota, but Alberta is beautiful.
CertifiedTintinologist
*outside of tar sands
beckakeesh
It's the oil sands you cunt
Krayzie656
Albertan - It really should say if Colorado and Texas had a baby.
zmbb
The border woth bc is nice, the rest is just fields, vancouver and mtl in the summer are the best to chill
dschuma
Shit, her name is Alberta, she loves in Vancouver. She's my girlfriend who lives in CANADA
ilikepicturesofprettygirls
Alberta is essentially TX without the Texans.
HouseOfTheDescendingSun
I live in Alberta. Just take a right at the hill and you'll find me.
SanguineForSam
Interesting, apparently I have cousins in Texas and they're from Alberta. I wonder if that's why they chose it!
HohOneLocalHawaiianCuz
Moved from Calgary Alberta to Hawaii, best decision I've ever made.
squiddlyDOwrong
I live in Calgary. I wish I lived somewhere like Hawaii
PilgrimGrey
I smell money
Dreadark
Edmontonian here. My favourite site seeing spot is the mud brown North Saskatchewan River. Or how aboot those tar sands, eh?
OrangeGhost26
Buddy, Alberta's beautiful. it's just Edmonton that sucks -sincerely Calgary
keppay
Another Edmontonian here. Rundle Park is my favorite river valley park
honestb
ND looks a lot like the Southern Alberta Prairies, but it has no mountains AFAIK.
plasmarob
I hear a more apt description is Utah. Utah is a lot like such a crossbreed.
shimmernshine
Texas is absolutely gorgeous, the hill country is just absurdly pretty http://imgur.com/BuLziwA
ThefluteCaptainPicardplayedfirstinhisimaginationtheninreallife
East Texas on the other hand, is endless piney woods, swamps, and the odd bit of coastal prairie (ie, buggy and boring)
NikoPhiNiko
Texan here. Can confirm
shimmernshine
and the food... dear god the food...
iguessihaveto
I didn't like the food. Ever see the look on a Texan waitress when you tell her you're allergic to peppers? Yes, including red pepper.
shimmernshine
Well, that's going to be a bit of a problem then. You could still eat the BBQ but yeah, it's cajun-mex country, the best stuff has peppers.
CajunTexasViking
You'll never find a bigger sky than Texas Hill Country at dawn.
damien309
Montana tho
CajunTexasViking
Have been, very big. Texas still bigger.
TheGirafe
Yeah but montanas got bigger hills so you can see farther
JakHawk9OOO
I fucking love Blue Bonnets
littlefeather11
Stop telling people about it. The Californians will hear you
shimmernshine
Meh, they're already gentrifying the Salton Sea.
KidneyBeene
DO YOU HAVE WATER?
willquan
Trust me California is much more beautiful
butterection
Nah
butterection
And his joke is about all the Californians moving to Texas Hill Country - it's terrible.
LowSpeedHighDrag
It is beautiful. *Turns heat to 115F* Like a slightly warmer Alberta
butterection
Good weather in the Hill Country. The heat is only bad if you venture into south east Texas or over east of Fort Worth.
butterection
Every part of Texas has its day where you find out walking across the black asphalt of the water park is a really really bad idea.
butterection
(bare foot)
TacoFox
Its a dry heat in El Paso, you don't even know you are dying until its too late.
butterection
Yeah you do, you get thirsty. Surviving dry heat is pretty easy, just drink water. Surviving humid heat is an entire other ballpark.
blahtotheblahblah
Ha, yeah, try Florida/Georgia in the summertime. There's never a dry moment. The moment you step outside you're soaked.
butterection
Humid heat is why heat stroke kills so many people, where they don't know they are dying until it's too late.
Deathfrombelow
The birch forests of Geneseeeeeee are gorgeous. Edmonton is kind of a butt. Kinda. I still like it though.
thebamanator
Edmontonian. Can confirm.
edm2016
Edmontonian here. I've traveled a lot and while it isn't the prettiest, it's a great place to work and live. That's what's done anywhere
Mythdorn
I'm from Edmonton, unfortunately it's not the prettiest city but we do have the occasional area that looks amazing.
Deathfrombelow
I really really like Edmonton. Did a lot of work up in the area and felt welcome and comfortable there. I'd be very down to live there.
cjla
Hey, we've got that statue of giant silver balls XD
daimomusic
Edmonton is Blue collar, but I love the River Valley and the Muttart Conservatory
atomicjane
Traffic is better than Calgary though. But yes, not a super pretty city.
Deathfrombelow
WAY BETTER THAN CALGARY. OMFG
TheGirafe
I live in Texas, but Canada is just too damn cold. Maybe I'll visit in like July. (It's 82 here right now)
edm2016
What? Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same at -40, so what's the problem?
TheGirafe
Clever girl. But I mean, like down here in Houston, 30 feels like we're already dying. We just don't understand how yall live there
edm2016
I've heard people say it's like phoenix. Temperature is so extreme you just don't go outside for days on end.
TheGirafe
Or why you would want to. Kind of like why I ask how El Paso exists. It's literally just a desert, and they decided to build a city.
edm2016
Vancouver is expensive, Toronto is huge, Calgary is Calgary. Edmonton is affordable and modest. God that's a middle aged thing to say...
TheGirafe
Haha. We all gotta grow up sometime.
JayEnfield
I had a Texas-buddy come live with me in Edmonton for two winters. lulz were had.
mirrorz
I'm not your buddy, pal.
JayEnfield
You are now, friend.
TheGirafe
I bet. He probably about died, unless he was from a northern part near the panhandle
JayEnfield
Nope. He's from the swampiest shit-hole armpit of rural Houston. He still prefers snow to swamp.
TheGirafe
Haha. I'm just northwest of Houston so it isn't too swampy like near downtown. In that case, is believe it
Sztywniak
I'm dying of heat when it's 82.
TheGirafe
lol that's a nice temp down here. July and August are like high 90s, low 100s in Houston, but the humidity is the real killer
LinnehKitteh
Welcome to California's winter. I hate it.
ThatOneDesertFox
Its full of fucktards. Best to stay away.
iamOzymandiasLookOnMyWorksDumbassAndDespair
It's not full, just at capacity. Some people here are from somewhere else, after all.
ThatOneDesertFox
Unfortunately i live in the capital of alberta. Edmonton has so many fucking assholes and fucktards.
iamOzymandiasLookOnMyWorksDumbassAndDespair
No shit, I am here for work too
ThatOneDesertFox
Theres no work. Go to bc. Projects are starting
neanderbob
Please do stay away.
ThatOneDesertFox
I live there....
HurtinAlbertan
Pffff
ThatOneDesertFox
Btw fuck all of you that downvoted me. You dont know what its like to live in edmonton you cunts
squiddlyDOwrong
Dude, when I drive through Edmonton to Fort Mac I just want to bulldoze the city and put a 6 lane highway through it. The Henday sucks
LinguisticBitch
I need to Google Ozarks.
DeadOnionSaysWhat
I find them to be a mini-smokies. I loved it there.
LinguisticBitch
I'm very okay with it.
CaliHanna
we have a theme park, so that makes up for all the meth, I guess
EroticZombiePants
You are also near Branson, if you are into country western tourist traps.
SirWadeWilson
Not as much meth as there used to be (thanks Tennessee!)
Bammboo00
Seriously though, lots of Meth here.
SirWadeWilson
I live in Kansas City, we fo there sometimes for the lake of the ozarks and folksy atmosphere.
EroticZombiePants
As a former Kansas City resident, the Ozarks was basically spring breaker paradise for people too poor to leave the state.
SirWadeWilson
See the lake, avoid STDs in party cove drink go to sleep. Its not unlike Panama city. (Though there trying to family friendly up PC beach)
EroticZombiePants
Look for the piranhas that should not be.
Okiegoon
MO/AR Ozarks are amazing.
SirWadeWilson
See the lake stop at lambert's and point and laugh at Yakov Smirnoff
Swagreed
Ahhhhhh.. the eternal hate on Quebec *sips coffee* Stay mad Canada, stay mad..
SirWadeWilson
Francophone; noun: James franco's cell phone
SovereignPhantasmia
Honestly I thought a francophone was a French instrument/microphone until I was about 12
ekzeko
We mostly reserve it for alberta really.
keppay
Only because they hate the rest of us equally
djzapz
Quebecers hate Canadians because Canadians hate Quebecers because Canadians hate... hmmm. The sad thing is if anybody bothered to do (1/x)
djzapz
some introspection, we'd quickly find out that the reasons we have for disliking each other are complete bullshit. (2/2)
keppay
Nothing some poutine can't fix :)
Exowe
I'm in Quebec and I never heard someone hating on the rest of Canada, I heard people hating on the English language buy that's so stupid.
keppay
It feels like a brotherly hate imo. From what I heard from a few Quebecois, English is like an elitist language there. Is that so?
Dalaad
It's an old hate from the centuries of occupation, but I would say it's mostly among the older generation. Most of us don't really care 1/2
Dalaad
As long as you are polite ^^ I didin't even know Canada had a problem with Quebec before I got on imgur
Swagreed
Hmmm, not that it is elitist, but french Canadian have a bad habit of hating on english speakers in general
flyingcanoe
I'm a bilingual Quebecer and I hear way more hate and bigotry towards Francophones than the other way around. Just my 2 cents.
Swagreed
And english Canadians do the same* I mean each part hate each other equally :P
AlrightKeepYourSecrets
Historically the brits were the landowners and shit in general, so kinda.
Exowe
I mean our french is literally french mixt with the english accent...
daimomusic
Had a guy from Quebec call me shit because I am from Alberta.
keppay
Hey, fellow Albertan!
daimomusic
-waves to fellow albertan-
Goatlord
Sounds like an asshole. On the flipside as someone from Quebec, have had the same from Albertans, so...
daimomusic
There are jerks everywhere
Exowe
What an asshole.
daimomusic
The guy was a super creeper so I shrugged it off and thought of him as a super creeper.