Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Never lived there either, but like Stubblejumper, I've been through a number of times.
A couple of friends of mine come from there. Good, solid, blue-collar folks, so I'll agree with that assessment. Neither works on the oil rigs, though. When they needed a "big city break," Calgary was 90 minutes down the road, and Edmonton was 90 minutes up the road. Not a bad place to be, in their estimation.
Regardless, it's a small Alberta city: loves hockey (my friends always followed the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL, plus the Calgary Flames), has plenty of civic pride, and deals with the weather as best it can.
Thanks you guys. That sounds FANTASTIC... being a western girl (not really from Vancouver but the fraser valley), I like the idea of a more blue collar laid-back place. Montreal is a really nice city but being from farm land, never really fit in well.
I've never been there but I did an image search of it to see what it looks like. Have you done that yet? If you're originally from the valley here then you're probably outdoorsy oriented like all the rest of us valley dwellers. From the pictures posted online of Red Deer and all the surrounding territory it looks like that location would have lots of great options for outdoors enjoyment for the whole family. It looks quite pretty, it is clean and tidy. Going by the aerial views of the city it looks like the city's infrastructure is well laid out with the river running through the middle of the city. Good luck with your relocation!
Area seems to be growing fast, including nearby Sylvan Lake.
What I like about Red Deer is it's halfway between Calgary and Edmonton,
you can easily visit each as a day trip, and Rocky Mtn. foothills are too far away either.
Heh the weather might not be fantastic but it will be nice to not have to fumble through my crappy French on a daily basis. I'm not really happy here in Montreal.
In Alberta, do most homes (owned, not rented) come with appliances? Or do people take them when they move? Here in QC, people take them when they leave.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
