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Old 07-08-2014, 07:33 PM
 
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I'm moving to Houston from Calgary for my job. Alberta is known as the most conservative province in Canada. However, I've heard Texas makes Alberta look liberal. We are probably more fiscal conservative the social attitude here is pretty live and let live. Will I be in for culture shock?
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Old 07-08-2014, 07:39 PM
 
Location: Oil Capital of America
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They say that Alberta is the Texas of Canada. You'll be fine, welcome to Texas.
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Old 07-08-2014, 07:50 PM
 
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You'll pay a premium for maple syrup and Molson.
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Old 07-08-2014, 07:58 PM
 
Location: League City, Texas
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I don't think your "shock" will be from coming to Texas. I think it will be moving to a metro area of more than 6 million people.

The fact that you ask about the "social attitude" in such a diverse city is amusing.

Come on down--we have room for you!
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Old 07-08-2014, 08:20 PM
 
Location: League City
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Post in the Houston forum. I have seen a couple of people from Calgary ask the same thing. Lot of y'all coming here for oil and gas. Welcome to Tx!
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Old 07-08-2014, 08:22 PM
 
Location: Kaufman County, Texas
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If your car doesn't have air conditioning, sell it before you move and buy one down here.
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Old 07-09-2014, 01:23 AM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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If your car doesn't have air conditioning, sell it before you move and buy one down here.
They make cars without AC?
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Old 07-09-2014, 03:46 AM
 
Location: East Texas, with the Clan of the Cave Bear
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My wife was a Maritimer from a small town in NB, she loves Texas. She was pretty socially conservative when she got here though.

The few Canadians from Alberta I've worked with have fit in nicely here.
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Old 07-09-2014, 09:53 AM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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Alberta is more liberal than Texas in the same way that Canada is more liberal than the US.

But you biggest shock is going to be that Houston is much, MUCH larger than Calgary.
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Old 07-09-2014, 01:03 PM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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More like sticker shock from how much of your paycheck goes to health insurance

I think if there's a culture shock it will be from Latino culture. I'm guessing you'd move to Houston which has as many Latinos as whites in the metro area http://kinder.rice.edu/uploadedFiles...rse%202-13.pdf

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