The natural thing is to be self-deprecating... then you meet people that move here and just love it.

Our maintenance guy at the range moved up here... and I was wondering why, especially as a shooter, he would move up here. He just waved a hand in a 120 degree arc and said "look around"... I guess he saw "God's Country" where I saw "the annoying flat green bit between the city and the lakes."

I guess it depends where you settle on why you settle... can cut it down to a single word usually...

Why did you move to...
BC "Weed"
AB "Oil"
SK "Cheap"
MB "Acrophobic"
ON "Opportunity"
QC "Culture" (or "Poutine" or "Chicks")
and anything east of there "Lost"

(oh, I'm kidding! *ducks, grins, runs like hell*)

Bren R.