Quality of Life in Edmonton, Canada

It's all the PC goverment's fault, they ruined this province.

I agree. When a mayors (Iverson the I want to be PM) acceptance speech identifies that he wants to help special interest groups I knew right away that common hardworking Edmontonians were in for a huge withdraw of funds from their wallets.
With property taxes going up 5% every year it directly makes utilities, insurance, consumer goods etc increase as well.City departments role should be to help decrease costs and reduce loss of taxpayers hard earned money.
What I have seen wasted.
:City road cleaning truck being followed around by another city truck with the driver and his passenger laughing and doing the macerana.
: 8 City police and bylaw officers and their cars at speed traps while you cant even get a officer to your house to fingerprint after a breakin.
:City police car out in Devon dropping of his kid for horse riding lessons.
:Edmonton Public Library spending 30 million on salaries and still creating director of directors jobs (exucutive directors) when libraries should be shrinking their staff. Yes EPL is one of the most expensive libraries to run in Canada.
: Edmontons property taxes are higher than Calagaries and Vancouvers.
:Our garbage and recycle costs $43 a month and increases about $5 a month p/year, Calgarys is $14. Yes people that should be added to your property tax so it is transparent for the cost of living here.
:50 miilion more (150 total) for the fancy designed one way bridge by the kinsmen. Who the hell puts in a one way bridge when everyone knows that we needed another way to cross the
river when the high level is blocked or under repair.
: A useless outdoor escalator so the poor lazy city workers can get to the river valley for a nice walk during their 1 hour plus lunches.
:A $600 million rink that no normal taxpayer will ever be able to afford to see the inside of.
:Fitness facilities that are poorly run and are already huge money
pits like the libraries.
This town is dying. It only survives because of oil and the oil will never be what it was. Green technology is taking over and I intend to be out of this city as soon as I can sell my house.

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Alex C. You may not be talking out of your arse but what is coming out of your mouth or from.your fingers is very close to the same product that would if you were.
To comment or judge someone elses life, job or actual experiences without "being there in general" would actually make you an awesome candidate to run for Edmontons city council. They are also totally out of touch with what this city and the citizens require to enjoy life.
You may also want to reread my previous post about our mayors etc that run away to warm.places while the rest of us stay and pay for all their legacy projects.
Maybe I should check to see if "Alex C" was previously employed by the City of Edmonton and you now are talking from your soapbox in good old Uruguay.
You have also shown your ignorance(another quality for city council) by using the US of A as a point about living in Edmonton.
I have actually "in general" lived in the US and it is nothing like here. The only places I found close were in the midwest.
Alex you may require some TP to wipe a little something off your lip.

Yes I agree this city sucks for the reasons people have already mentioned. The Oil dream is over!

I live in Edmonton, most expensive place for housing, and finding a place is extremely hard. I have a 500 sq ft apartment for 1000.00 per month (nothing included)
Food prices can jump as often as the gas prices. Since a lot of the gas comes from here- you would think we would have cheaper gas, not true, actually cheaper toward the east usually and even in Calgary. from 90 cents per litre to 114.00 per litre over night, and this happens weekly. Pot Holes and Non Stop Road Construction- and someone said it before, they are not prepared for population growth. Most expensive place I have even live.

I had high expectations before moving moving to Edmonton but I don't like it either. People are nice but I do find the city depressing and so expensive for housing!... I can't wait to leave.

I lived in Edmonton for 9-years, 1 year around Calgary. and moved out of the country, i wish i won't be back to this town. The landscape of the town is just a mess. One thing i can applaud for Edmonton is that people here are quite friendly although a bit redneck and cowboy. On the other side, the city is just filled with elders, which makes the place quite sleepy. I don't understand why a lot Edmontonians are so proud of this place. i guess they are not going outside a lot to see the world.

Edmonton sucks worst place ever,i mean instead on focusing on the important things like health care childcare and so on,we build a arena just to make more money for people who already have more then enough,but at least we pay for a government who is full of crocks and dickheads,who get payd 100.000 a year for trying to find ways to make our lives a citizens even harder.Edmonton should be ashamed

Edmonton is dirty and polluted. You go outside into the park with your kids at the east and you smell the refineries. Since Canada opens the door for everybody, communication is also a huge cluster fuck, starting from ordering a bagel to tech-support. The government itself is filled with crooks and retards, and you will take notice on that when the oil price collapses, cause savings are made on the wrong ends (schools, health care), property taxes are rising and so far I have not seen any relieve from all this. House prices are very high and renting property is no fun either. No oil no future for Alberta. In regards to the people, you have your d-bags, but also very kind people. The only thing that is annoying is the massive amount of different cultures here. I am getting out the door and have a feeling of living in Manila, cause of those fucking Pilipinos. Everybody who is able to hammer a fucking nail straight into the wall is able to immigrate here, no English required. I get pissed off when I have to use hands and feet to fucking communicate. I took English course to improve my communication skills, that shit should be mandatory. I need to get the fuck outta here.

Sounds like Kayla needs to go a hug a tree. That said, I have actually lived in alot of places around the world, even BC. Edmonton is a very nice place to live. The people are friendly and the city is clean. Also, there is a great tradition of social justice in Edmonton, they dont call it Redmonton for the red necks.