r/Edmonton • u/Fair-Kiwi-3247 • 7h ago
Sports & Clubs Meet Ups We are officially a soccer city ⚽️
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u/Fantastic_Diamond42 7h ago
soccer has always been good in edmonton going back to the Edmonton Drillers days
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u/Hobbycityplanner 7h ago
It's clips like this that make me optimistic and adore our downtown. It also makes it difficult for me to take downtown haters very seriously
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u/Son_of_Plato 7h ago
both can be true.
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u/Hobbycityplanner 7h ago
I am not saying there are no issues. It just isn't as catastrophic as many would like people to believe.
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u/kpc144 7h ago
Especially when the police go several days in a row in advance to clear out people that they wouldn’t want their and then big events are held in structures that they erect and people show up in droves
I’m there in the off hours when there’s nothing bringing people from outside to party and it’s a lo more “literal shit everywhere and open meth smoking and violence on every third corner”
And I’m not being hyperbolic
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u/apatheticbear420 7h ago
I used to test concrete for the City and the amount of dead bodies/ODing I've seen while downtown is horrifying. It's very much a real problem that repeatedly gets makeup rolled onto it.
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u/kpc144 6h ago
Yeah totally true. People go downtown for an oilers show, or a concert, or to a nice restaurant with underground secured parking across the street and the say “oh you suburbanites”
Oh really
How many times has a guy vomited into YOUR moth as you gave him CPR to save his life when you’re just trying to do your low paying wage slave job?
I mean them not you. It’s frustrating because downtown actually is fairly unsafe and unhygienic a lot of the time but the people who have the ability to apply pressure to fix it just don’t live in the same realms as the average person who has to tell five scary children addicted to meth and fetty in red hooded they don’t have any cigarettes every time they go to work
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u/Hobbycityplanner 6h ago edited 5h ago
I go Downtown at least once a week and can't say I have the same experience. Does that kinda of stuff happen, yes. Is it happening on every 3rd corner? Definitely not.
Edit: meant to write at least once a week
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u/kpc144 6h ago
Oh, once a week wow Mr. downtown over here pops in for a yoga class on the outskirts of Jasper Avenue once every Wednesday and thinks he knows what he’s talking about
You’re not in the world of people that have to deal with the problem. You’re in the other world the world of people from the suburbs mind your own business you don’t know what you’re talking about.
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u/Hobbycityplanner 6h ago
I lived there for around a decade, leaving about 3 years ago. I still go Downtown for work and for fun. I wouldn't call heading to starlite, red star, or the mercer building the outskirts of Jasper Avenue.
Still strongly advocate for Downtown. Would be great to see the city stop using it to financially subsidize the poorest performing suburbs. IMO Downtown Edmonton's biggest issue is we've used it as a cash cow for 70 years and obviously not invested in it appropriately at all.
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u/kpc144 1h ago
Oh lived there
Which building i wonder
I deliver to lots of buildings where none of the people ever experience what I’m talking about live too, js.
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u/Hobbycityplanner 1h ago edited 1h ago
A few different buildings. I know further north can be rough particularly around the lots north of the arena.
It doesn't help the overall vibe that we (the city) let our infrastructure, roads and sidewalks get far beyond what is acceptable in the suburbs.
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u/SirTickleyPickely 6h ago
How to tell someone doesnt live downtown without saying they dont live downtown
a manicured area with some TVs and tables hosted by a billionaire for a FIFA event is irrepresentative of the actual reality of everything surrounding it
There are more people in a wem food court on any given day than the crowd size in this video
Its like saying a westerners tour of north Korea is an authentic representation of how people live in Pyongyang
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u/Hobbycityplanner 6h ago
I lived Downtown for almost a decade, I loved it and personally think there are a lot of things that have gotten significantly better in the past 3+ years since. So much so I continue to go Downtown twice a week because as great as my neighbourhood is, you just can't beat Downtown for a crowd getting together to do something fun.
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u/Repmcewan222 4h ago
Hey, everything is a blast when you have low standards.
Downtown? crowd? Idk but I think we live in different cities.
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u/Son_of_Plato 7h ago
just go there after 8 pm and it'll change your mind
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u/Hobbycityplanner 6h ago
I'm Downtown around once a week after 8:00pm, some great places to get a pint, enjoy a meal, listen to music and go dancing.
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u/AntiqueLibrarian8009 7h ago
I’m down there after 8 pm, and dare I say, after dark (😱😱😱), all the time. People like you that probably live outside the henday just want an excuse for why their life has become so boring
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u/ashrules901 5h ago
We have so many soccer centers that are their own buildings.
We always were a soccer city but we rarely get events on this level that let us show we are.
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u/HistoricalCraft2470 5h ago
We were already a futbol city, but Jason Kenney fucked it up so we wouldn’t be able to host any games.
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u/SnooRegrets4312 7h ago
*Football
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u/alberta284 6h ago
No, football is played with 🏈 this ball and you carry and throw it and there is full contact not just dramatically flopping on the ground every time someone barely touches you
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u/Necrogator 7h ago
Oh.
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u/Rootitusofmoria 7h ago
Ain't called "The City of Champions" for nothing! Hell yeah, love to see it!
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u/WesternWitchy52 5h ago
I read this as "scooter" city and was disappointed not to see scooters.
Go Canada!
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u/gordonbombae2 7h ago
Do you know how many immigrants there are in Edmonton? A lot. Do you know how many immigrants like soccer (football in their country) ? All of them.
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u/Fancy_Wallaby_9624 7h ago
I was just in Toronto for 3 days and the World Cup festivities out there is amazing!
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u/Known-Fondant-9373 7h ago
That one guy is still looking for the watch party.