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17 Things About Regina Life Someone Should Have Told You Before You Moved Here

If you've recently moved to Regina and you've been having a lot of WTF moments, I apologize. We don't exactly size up when it comes to being a thriving metropolis where something new and exciting is happening every single day. Regina is the kind of city that seems to grow in slow motion so it might take some time for it to jump on the big city bandwagon with everyone else.

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19 Things That Will Confuse The F*ck Out Of Anyone Who Isn't From Regina

Regina isn't your typical city. Most of the time, it's because it feels more like a really big small town than it does a thriving metropolis. We don't know what it's like to take the metro to work, to go out every night of the week, and to take part in exciting events like a Beyonce concert or a rooftop party.

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17 Struggles Of Being Single In Regina

Let me get real with you here for a minute, being single is hard. It involves a lot of putting yourself out there in hopes of finding someone that's totally into you and vice versa. The trials and tribulations of modern romance can be difficult to get through when you've had so many bad dates that you'd rather just stay home and hang out with your cat.

At times, it seems a bit disheartening, especially when you realize that the majority of your friends are no longer single. You wonder if you missed out on the "how to get a boyfriend" memo and eventually cave into downloading Tinder for the 10th time until you get completely bored of it again.

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19 Winter Struggles Reginians Know All Too Well

It's during this time of the year where we start to think that winter in Regina is just the beginning of a slow, impending death. I hate to be so surly right before Christmas but have you seen the weather outside? It's like the beginning of a snowpocalypse. Just not any kind of snowpocalypse either, it's a Saskatchewan one and I've heard they're the worst kind.

The worst part about winter is that eventually, we're going to have to go outside and face the grueling wind chill and frigid cold temperatures that come along with it. By now, we've accepted that this is the fate we deserve by choosing to live in Regina, Saskatchewan of all places.

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12 Unique Places In Regina To Take A Date If You Don't Drink

We have this impression that the dating scene in Regina is pretty mediocre. That necessarily isn't the case! I blame Tinder for its half-assed attempts at grabbing dinner and drinks or just going straight for a night of Netflix & Chill. For those who are no strangers to the dating game, isn't it about time we starting thinking outside the box? I'm tired of having the same conversation over beers at Leo's and I'm sure many of you can relate.

For all my fellow singles looking to shake things up, consider this your new and improved non-alcoholic dating guide to Regina. It's easy to forget that there is sober fun to be had in this city, when you're going on dates that only involve sitting at tables and drinking pints. Don't get stuck doing the same thing date after date! Instead, take this bucket list and make dating in Regina great again!

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17 Things About Regina Life Someone Should Have Told You Before You Moved Here

Reginans love to make small talk about two things: the riders and the weather

There are a lot of people who live here that wouldn't consider themselves city people

Nobody takes public transit to get to and from work

Regina cab rates are super expensive

Parking anywhere around Scarth Street is an absolute nightmare

Regina's downtown neighborhood isn't what you'd expect a downtown to be

Cyclists are a rare sighting on most Regina streets

We prefer to hang out at pubs rather than bars

None of the bars stay open past 2:30 am

Everyone is super lazy about driving places that are "out of the way"

We absolutely love making NOD jokes

Speaking of slang terms, Reginians love to use them frequently

Winters in Regina will make you cry and wish you never moved here

Summers in Regina are short and sweet

We are obsessed with our local football team, the Saskatchewan Roughriders

Wascana Park is one of the most beautiful places in the city

It's possible to do everything in Regna within a year of living here

19 Things That Will Confuse The F*ck Out Of Anyone Who Isn't From Regina

1. We complain that a 20-minute drive across the entire city is sooo far

2. Regina is practically a ghost town every evening from Monday-Wednesday

3. Driving on City Square Plaza even though it's a pedestrian walking area

4. We worship the Saskatchewan Roughriders like they're the Holy Grail

5. We rarely use our city's transportation services

6. There's only one university and it's the University of Regina

7. We don't know where suburbs like White City actually are

8. Getting through Regina airport security in under 10 minutes is normal

9. Going to Craven every summer just so we can get drunk out of our minds and roll around in the mud

10. Getting outside of the city means a two hour trip to Saskatoon

11. We're five years behind on getting anything that's considered trendy

12. Meeting new people and then realizing you already have 30 mutual friends in common

13. We find it odd when someone chooses to move to Regina from somewhere that is way cooler

14. We never experience large groups of tourists visiting our city

15. When we get all the major country stars to perform in Regina but no one else

16. Not going to the bars on the Dewdney Strip once we reach our mid 20's

17. Realizing that there is a ridiculous amount of people who wear Silver jeans

18. Frequently missing out on things because we never knew it was happening in the first place

19. Complaining about how much we don't like Regina but not doing anything about it

17 Struggles Of Being Single In Regina

You feel like you've been single for so long that you don't know how to even date anymore

Your days of bar hopping around Regina with your girls are over because they've all coupled off

You've gotten used to taking yourself home after a drunken night at Lot Club

You've resorted to finding new girlfriends in Regina on Bumble in hopes of finding a wing woman/ partner in crime

You know all too well that running into your ex happens more in Regina than anywhere else

You and your single friends always end up matching with the same guy on Tinder

You've been on the dating scene long enough to know who all the Regina fvckboys are

You're constantly getting invited to parties where everyone is a couple

You're constantly on the look out for new things to do in Regina in hopes of meeting someone new

You've given up on finding meeting anyone new at Leo's or Vic's

You've been on Tinder long enough to know that the majority of Regina guys are fishermen

If you meet a cute Regina guy through a friend, the first question that always comes to your mind is, "Is he single?"

It seems as though your entire Facebook feed consists of people in Regina getting engaged or having babies

The sight of excessive PDA at Regina bars makes you cringe

You find yourself missing what it's like to have someone to cuddle with after a bad day

You're starting to get tired of doing the whole "let's go for drinks" thing

You've been reading all the Narcity Regina date night ideas and making plans with your girlfriends because you don't have a significant other

19 Winter Struggles Reginians Know All Too Well

Not knowing if it’s actually winter or not

Constantly being referred to as the place that’s always cold

We’ve been mistaken for dog sledding igloo-dwellers

Forgetting how to drive when the first snowfall hits the ground

Experiencing the coldest wind that has ever blown on this earth

We know what it’s like to have our eyelashes frozen

Having to start our car 20 minutes before we leave to go anywhere

Experiencing low-grade hypothermia when we get into our cars before letting them warm up

Asking your parents to buy you command start for Christmas

Not being able to physically move your car because the snow on your street has blocked it in

Window scraping becomes our arch nemesis

Having to keep a window scraper on us at all times

Having to use the ditch by Chapters as a tobogganing hill because we don’t have real hills.

Spending all of our “going out” money on getting new winter tires instead.

Having to keep an emergency snowstorm kit in our vehicles.

Only going to the Co-op gas station because it isn’t self-serve

Not being able to take a personal snow day when it’s as cold as Antarctica outside

Hermiting at home instead of going out because you don’t want to freeze your ass off waiting in line at a bar

Constantly talking about the weather because in the winter your life literally revolves around it

12 Unique Places In Regina To Take A Date If You Don't Drink

Wonderland Arcade // 1729 Broad Street

Saskatchewan Science Center // 2903 Powerhouse Drive