Why must Ottawa be so boring?

Question

Why must Ottawa be so boring?

Answer 1

Because the two major industries are the public service and tech. Public servants are boring and now that tech has been reduced to mostly R&D those people are not fireballs of excitement either. If you have cheap and boring citizens there is no incentive to offer any exciting options.

Answer 2

If you were a visitor from another country or from another part of Canada, and you traveled to the capital of Canada for - lets say, Canada Day - you would be very excited and look with wonder and appreciation at everything.  For example, seeing people wearing Canadian flags which in the US we can't to, hearing all kinds of languages being spoken, eating poutine from a street vendor, wow, lots of things.

Hey, this Tuesday, go downtown to the parliament buildings and survey random people, what do you like/or love about Ottawa.  I did this with a group of U.S. teachers - we asked random people what they thought was important for us to teach our students about Canada.  Got really great answers.

I say try it for your self, asking people what do they love about Ottawa, and write up an article for the newspaper.

Answer 3

If it's excitement you are looking for, I suggest you go to Baghdad, Iraq.  Otherwise, Ottawa is a typical Canadian city which happens to be the capitol of our country.  Sorry, if we are boring.

Answer 4

because being a government town it is the town that fun forgot.  I agree with you that Ottawa SUCKS big time

Answer 5

well, i guess to some people, like my mom, ottawa is boring. there are not that much people here like in Toronto, less shopping mall, less bars.....less everything.

However, on the other side, there is less trafice, less garbage, less stress here in ottawa too. So for some othere people, like me, I do not feel it is boring here, actually, i feel ottawa is the best place for my family, my kids, peaceful, friendly....

so I guess it is really based on what you are looking for.

Answer 6

Ottawa is not as boring as New-Brunswick.... a whole province!

Their most popular feature in Magnetic hill. Magnetic my @SS! Just a small slope.

Other worst cities than Ottawa... Moosejaw, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Alma, Sorel.

Believe me... there is much worst, but when you grow up, go live in New York city, then you'll get some excitement!