On a recent Bombcast there was a letter sent in from Airdrie, Alberta which has a population around 60 000. I was surprised. As someone who lives in Alberta I am always surprised when I hear a Giant Bomb fan write in from a place I am familiar with that isn't Edmonton or Calgary. A little while back there was a letter from someone in Spruce Grove, which is the city in which I currently live and has a population of 35 000. My question is, do you live in a place where you are surprised when you hear someone else from there writes in to the Bombcast? If so, what is the population there?
Airdrie Alberta
My hometown has a population of about 22,000. I’ve never heard an e-mail read from there.
The town I moved to is a state away and has a population of about 58,000. I’ve sent in a handful of e-mails over the years and have only heard it come up as a result of my e-mails being read.
Fun fact:
Jeff, Ryan, Vinny, and Abby have all pulled and read my e-mail in the past. Brad has not. I get tempted to e-mail the Bombcast sometimes just to get Brad off some sort of bucket list. I’ve not succumbed to that temptation, though.
There was a postcard from the town I live in currently that surprised me. Only 12,000 people here. I heard someone I knew in high school call into the aftershow once too.
Since we're posting our email scores, I've had two Ryans and a Vinny. They seemed to be more tolerant of dumb questions/comments.
I admittedly haven't listened to the Bombcast since they added video, but I'd be shocked if a local wrote in at any point. I never hear our city mentioned anywhere unless it's in reference to a certain famous candy that bears our name, or a song by a once-popular band that was all about how shitty this place is. I swear, we're the city that time forgot.
(ten BradBucks to whoever can guess where I'm talking about, and twenty if you're actually from here)
Man Shit Town is a good song, didn’t know it was calling out a specific place. Throwing Copper is a great album.
On a recent Bombcast there was a letter sent in from Airdrie, Alberta which has a population around 60 000. I was surprised. As someone who lives in Alberta I am always surprised when I hear a Giant Bomb fan write in from a place I am familiar with that isn't Edmonton or Calgary. A little while back there was a letter from someone in Spruce Grove, which is the city in which I currently live and has a population of 35 000. My question is, do you live in a place where you are surprised when you hear someone else from there writes in to the Bombcast? If so, what is the population there?
Ayy, I check off pretty much all of these boxes. Grew up in Fort Mac, went to high school in Spruce Grove, currently living in Edmonton. <>
Back when I lived in Spruce I used to just tell anyone outside Alberta that I lived in Edmonton, because literally nobody knows where it is (or if they do, they don't understand the distinction between Spruce/St. Albert/Sherwood and think it's all just Edmonton anyway)
@three0nefive: I do the same.
Also which highschool? I was at St. Thomas (when it was a highschool)
@n00bs7ay3r: Ah, I was a Comp kid. Technically I moved there in 9th grade so I also went to Greystone for a year, but I guess that doesn't count (highschool was 9-12 up north)
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