I have a weekend booked in Edmonton as I found cheap flights and have never been. I am looking forward to staying at the JW as it seems to get good reviews. However, I keep seeing reports from the Edmonton subreddit that the situation in the city is horrid with many loiterers attacking innocents due to drug-induced psychosis. I am inclined to take Reddit posts with a grain of salt as highly exaggerated. Is Edmonton really a different beast compared to other Canadian cities?