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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
The market will decide all of this. If people want to be cramped in the beltline in little boxes that apparently is what there true "birthright" is, then they will buy and developers will build. But you know there are pros and cons to everything including "density". Also some people don't care about better restaurants or shopping.
Define "Arts" and honestly if people actually liked them, there would be more of it...if your impression is it's lacking.
No need to increase taxes when living in the "burbs" already cost an arm and a leg if you drive....also increasing taxes...to penalize a group of people...stupid.
'I think it just needs to be shoved in their face" - ya that certianly is the way to go, push agenda on people...
The LRT should be buried...but apparently there is more too it than that...something about the stability of the soil, i think...I do know that Bankers Hall is sinking...some research is needed here.
Calgary is livable for me because my friends, family, good job, nice weather, hockey...and i live in the mission and can walk downtown and float down the river and enjoy some neat restaurants on 17th and 4th. i love it.
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Most of the time when people say something else is stupid ....
It's not a penalty, it is to have the small number of people who use the expensive infrastructure pay for it. The price of gasoline is totally irrelevant.
And yes to a degree the market decides things, but if left on it's own the market would chew off its own head if it knew it would make $5. The market should decide things like the value of a commodity but if left on it's own the 'market' would completely screw up a city. Careful thought needs to go into zoning and public expenditures.
As for arts, I would mean a very general meaning I guess. maybe shoved in their face is the wrong way to say it, but the reserves in Northern Alberta are going to bring people from all over the world to Calgary, and even though it's growing, Calgary still feels like a simple small prairie town. I know many people are proud of that, but people moving here will have expectations about large cities that in ways Calgary cannot provide right now.
Anyway thanks for the value add, anyone can criticize, what would you do?