Never underestimate the power of negativity to find a downside to the most awesome things in the world! If you have a negative attitude about the place you live, you will not enjoy living there no matter how amazing it is. We were shocked that someone could be bitter about living somewhere that people travel from all over the world to visit – but the truth is that it’s all about attitude. However, we still managed to have an exchange with a negative local who complained to us that Banff was “boring” and “too cold” and he couldn’t wait to get out. Who wouldn’t love it here? Banff, Alberta, Canada – a picture perfect town Deer and elk wander down the street in the middle of the day. It’s nestled within the world famous Rocky Mountains, a crystal clear mountain stream runs through it and it offers world class skiing, hiking, canoeing and an international backpacker party scene. This absolutely picture-postcard perfect mountain town is so pretty it’s almost hard to believe it’s real. Lee and I were in Banff, Alberta during our Cross Canada Road Trip. It’s not this location that’s “terrible”, it’s the attitude of the people who are negative about it. You see, I believe that I would have a good chance of enjoying myself whether I lived in Canada, or in New Zealand or Australia, Cambodia, Iceland, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia. I’ve already outlined the reasons why I love it in Accrington in another post, but I think the point is more to do with perception. They will then go ahead and tell me why I must be crazy, because Canada must be so much better than this part of the world – this horrible and bleak stain on the map that I have found myself in. Them: *Astonishment and disbelief* Really? Them: That accent’s not from around here is it? However, I have had this very same conversation with many locals: The Leeds to Liverpool Canal near Accrington, Lancashire The surrounding countryside is lovely, cheap pubs are plentiful, there are many excellent museums and historical sites within a short train ride in any direction and the town is just the right size that so that I can walk to everything I need. When you go on holiday, do you dread coming back home?Ī month ago, Lee and I were visiting family in his hometown – a small working class Lancashire town in the North of England. Do you find the place that you live in boring and uninspiring?ĭo you constantly dream of other locations?
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