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> Oil and gas dying is part of the problem, but ask many new grads from local universities why they are leaving and the answer is mainly that this is just not t
by MattGaiser 5y ago
> Oil and gas dying is part of the problem, but ask many new grads from local universities why they are leaving and the answer is mainly that this is just not the place for them. That's a terrible sign for the future
I am a young guy in Calgary and from Calgary. More than half my high school classmates are gone. Packed up to Vancouver or Toronto, with a few stateside.
Most came back after university for a bit, but then departed.
- sunsunsunsun 5y agoI had the same experience, nearly all the people I knew from high school left Calgary/Alberta. Including myself. The few people who stayed work in oil and gas.
- cmauniada 5y agoAlso from Calgary and just graduated, all of the people I knew from my group have moved to the states. Not really sure what I’m doing here but I enjoy my job so I don’t think I’ll move anytime soon.
- bluefirebrand 5y agoThis is true a lot of places though. The minute people finish high school or post secondary they leave. I guess the difference is most people are moving from smaller places to cities for work and Calgary in theory should be a city where people would want to stay.
- MattGaiser 5y agoNot only that, but Calgary was the place young people were coming just 5-10 years ago. We were (and in many ways still are) a really young city.