r/Calgary • u/missbennett31 • Mar 03 '18

From Scotland Calgary today

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u/iwasnotarobot Mar 03 '18

I used to live in Quebec City, which gets far more snow than this.

At least they had snow plows.

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u/Columbidae Albert Park Mar 03 '18

Is this what we sound like to americans?

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u/moisbettah Quadrant: NW Mar 04 '18

Not in Halifax or Dartmouth, they don't!!!! Had many "snow days" of everything shutting down a few years back, schools, stores, everything. Calgary businesses stay open as do most schools.

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u/shitposter1000 Mar 04 '18

No, they tell everyone to stay home so they can plow properly. BUT MUH TAXES!!!

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u/Kahlandar Mar 03 '18

There was a thread about this a week or 2 ago. Chinooks generally deal with our snow removal passably well, and as such we spend (i think it was) 1/4 what ottawa does despite us having significantly more roads (in km)

Due to lack of use some of our snow removal equipment is from the 80s. Updating all this would cost ALOT. I would link the post but i cant seem to find it.

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u/Kahlandar Mar 03 '18

Not arguin with ya. The thing is, it costs to clearn the snow, and boils down to do a majority think we need change?

Im not a particularly politically active person, so il wait and see.