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Okotoks/Milton Equivalents

Inspired by the Regina/Winnipeg thread.

Both rank as the world's fastest growing cities. Both are hated on by Statistics Canada. Despite the rapidly growing populations, both seem to lack highrises.

Okotoks has a number of things to do, but Milton has a larger number of people.

Milton is for lovers.

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Okotoks has the unfortunately named Semen Seaman Stadium. Can you give me a Woot?

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Okotoks logo suggests a seaside/lakeside location:


Milton's logo suggests a rainbow-colored slinky
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Okotoks has the unfortunately named Semen Seaman Stadium. Can you give me a Woot?

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Am I to presume that the Okotoks baseball team is called the "Dawgs."

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Milton has an ugly water tower.

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Okotoks used to have a water tower

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Coincidence? I think not.

Airdrie, on the other hand...

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Is that a slop of poop on top?
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Okotoks Dawgs:



Does Milton have a baseball team???
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I give you the Milton Mets.

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As much as I har har over this, the Regina/Winnipeg thread could be a directed place for comparison of elements of smaller Canadian cities generally, which might be the basis for a good thread?
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Milton Mets is traditional but boring.

At least the Okotoks Dawgs is somewhat original, if not a little off-putting and redneckish.

Probably perfect for the town though.
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No comparison.

Milton has an outlet mall and a giant insulation factory.
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Okotoks logo suggests a seaside/lakeside location:

I was waiting for this thread. I contemplated making one myself though it might have compared Okotoks to Laval.

If anything Okotoks' logo looks like it's sinking into water and half dead.
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Airdrie, on the other hand...

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Is that a slop of poop on top?
Airdrie is far uglier and more boring than Okotoks is. That hideous water tower next to the QE2 is its main distinguishing feature / only real skyline. There's also a pedestrian overpass with suicide fencing that crosses the highway connecting the 2 halves of the town.





Airdrie has no historical buildings to speak of or real heart to the city. Okotoks has a beautiful historic district.
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Where the hell are these towns even located?
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Where the hell are these towns even located?
Directly north and south of Calgary. Not to be forgotten is Balzac (Ballsack) where the Cross Iron outlet mall is located in between Airdrie and Calgary. There's also Cockring (Cochrane) NW of the city.

Edit: I have no idea where in southern Ontario Milton is located.
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Airdrie is far uglier and more boring than Okotoks is.
Are you insinuating there are not nearly as many things to do in Airdrie as in Okotoks???
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Are you insinuating there are not nearly as many things to do in Airdrie as in Okotoks???
I am stating it plainly. Airdrie is a speedbump before Calgary.
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Directly north and south of Calgary. Not to be forgotten is Balzac (Ballsack) where the Cross Iron outlet mall is located in between Airdrie and Calgary. There's also Cockring (Cochrane) NW of the city.
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My roommate in Calgary loved to climb the Big Rock. We also trespassed into a "gated community" with a fake lake. She loved random adventures.
If I recall correctly Okotoks had a restaurant with pretty decent Greek food.

MolsonExport, I've actually been to an Okotoks Dawgs baseball game. It was a decent time. (I went almost everywhere when I lived in Calgary)
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As for Airdrie, Calgary's present Milton-burb and potentially future Mississauga



They have Iron Horse park. Who's doesn't like miniature trains?




Also, Big Hill Springs Provincial park is nearby for walks through wooded areas and all the mini waterfalls in Spring

edit: my Calgary CMA geography is off after years away. This is closer to Cochrane/Cockring than Airdrie
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I'm disappointed that no one seems to have mentioned that both locales offer a number of things to do

Edit - read the full OP Still, it's an important point to make.
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