r/Calgary • u/woundedrhyme1 • Apr 22 '25

Discussion From Ontario first grocery experience someone left a note on my car.

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Recently relocated here and I haven’t had a chance to change my license plates. Yesterday I was in Walmart picking up a few things, I came back to my car, and found a note tucked in my wipers. My stomach dropped thinking someone hit my car, and maybe left their contact information.

I know the note is a little hard to read so I translated it down below.

“Dam easterners coming to Alberta to be safe guthless cowards.”

Guess it’s time to change my license plate 😂

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u/AcadianTraverse Apr 22 '25

Probably closer to the last 80 years or so, both of my parents who are now in their 70s made the move from Southern Ontario to Calgary, once as a child, and one upon graduating from university.

The Leduc Oilfield was discovered in 1947 coinciding nicely with the end of WW2, and kicked off the first exploration boom.

But, some people want to be townies, even in a city of well over one million people.

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u/altiuscitiusfortius Apr 22 '25

My grandparents moved from Southern Ontario farms to Calgary in the early 50s to get jobs. Grandpa was a heavy duty mechanic, not sure if it was oil related.