How is Edmonton these days?
Sep 2, 2024 | 7:06 am
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How is Edmonton these days?
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?
Sep 2, 2024 | 7:37 am
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I have a brother who lives in Edmonton who I visit somewhat frequently (most recently a couple of months ago) - apart from copious amounts of construction around the area where he lives (which, I'll note, is also fairly representative of most other Canadian cities I've visited), it's much the same as any other city I've visited.
Sep 2, 2024 | 11:22 am
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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?
Sep 4, 2024 | 6:24 am
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Edmonton is comparable to other Canadian cities of the same size and perhaps better than some. I've spent time there for business and pleasure and like anywhere else there are places you should avoid after dark. Otherwise I like the city a great deal and much prefer it to Calgary. Online complaints should be given a huge grain of salt. If I avoided all of the places that other people considered "unsafe" I'd never have gone anywhere.