The Town I Live In

My town just lost it's AHL team, The Heat, which was the only "major" sporting attaction it had for it's $65+ million arena. It was originally labelled the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre, and will now lose the "Sports" section of it's name as it's rebranded. Attendance for Heat games was the second lowest in the B-Leagues, and for good reason. I'd been to about four or five games during the five year run, when I recieved free tickets through various sources. People filed out midway through the third period of one game with dismal attendance, with one spectator doing nothing but swearing explitives the entire time in front of me and my then five-year-old stepson before stumbling off in a stupour. Another game I attended was jam-packed, but everyone had turned out to cheer the opposing team. Abbotsford is Canucks country, and the Heat was a seed team for the Calgary Flames. The Wolverines they'd been playing were the seed team for the Canucks. Imagine booing your own B-league team because the opposing team is a pre-school for your favourite A-league team. That's convoluted and stupid at the same time. Now people are hoping the Wolverines will move here, but that's not likely to happen. Why would anyone move here willingly? Also: why watch the B-Team when the A-Team is an hour away?
Briefly, the arena was home to it's own lingerie football team, which is exactly what it sounds like. The non-controversy was how Abbotsford is a conservative town known more for it's churches, if it could be said to be known at all. I've had to explain, in detail, what Abbotsford was to clueless people living two towns over from one of the biggest cities in the province. Attendance was poor, and the team folded. The arena can't even keep what's essentially a roller-derby team.
That's no the worst of it. The worst, of course, is the people. Rob Ford is slowly changing the perception of what the world thinks of when they think of Canada. It's not that far off. An Abbotsford man was recently arrested and decontaminated after attempting to cook meth in his BBQ on his patio of his apartment
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You're probably wondering if I made that up, or if it's possible. No, and no. Yes, he tried to cook meth in a BBQ in a wildly open space in a downtown area. He was arrested after getting into an argument with his neighbours, who were probably complaining about the smell. No, it's not possible, as far as I know, to cook meth in a BBQ, but then I've never watched Breaking Bad.
Abbotsford has a drug/crime problem. It boasted the highest murders per captia in Canada for two years running a while back. It's so bad that even the drug dealers have moved on. The dealers and gangsters all moved out to Kelowna becuase of the better housing market. I shit you not. Even drug dealers won't live here.