18 & Already a Snob

Visiting us right now is an 18 year old family member from Toronto.  It's been 2 days and I'm ready to put him on a plane home tonight.  I have an son the same age and if my son behaved the way this young man does I would kick his butt.  I get that Toronto is a big city with lots of nice things but Calgary is a beautiful city too and we certainly have enough here to appreciate if you want to.  The first thing I heard as we drove into the city limits was that it wasn't very green.  Remember that we've had one of the rainiest springs in a long while.  Then the houses were to close together....seriously?  The row houses in his neighborhood of TO are either attached or close enough to touch both if you spread your arms.  We took him to Banff and Lake Louise yesterday.  When I asked him what he though of the mountains he said they were "alright" but that he thought they'd be taller.  The weather is too cold (it's 25 plus degrees Celsius and sunny) and he constantly talks about how it's plus 33 or more in Toronto.  Let's remember that the rest of the East is begging for a break in the heat wave.  The first night he informed me that he is used to eating organic food.  I took him to our neighborhood Sobey's which has a small organic produce section but that was not satisfactory.  The store was too small and the selection too limited.  I told him "no offense, but it's easy to eat organic when someone else is paying for your groceries".   In my opinion, if all you are going to do is compare Calgary to Toronto to our disadvantage while you are visiting in my city and staying at my home you really should have stayed in TO.