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Originally Posted by Shazam
Let's keep one thing clear:
The growth of this city hinged and still hinges on the price of oil.
If anybody thought that oil would be north of $130 right now ten or twenty years ago, they would've put you into the funny farm.
Hell, this city has hit a million people a full decade before even the most optimistic projections I read back in 2002. Hindsight is 20/20.
I do find the disdain towards new suburb development somewhat amusing. The older suburbs (such as Lake Bonavista, Dalhousie and Oakridge, to name a few) have far, far less density than newer suburbs. Mixed land usage is common in new suburbs. They can't even put condos in some established places without the residents having hissy fits.
There's a whole swath of condos and townhouses in Royal Oak that are right across the street from the Sobey's and Walmart and other assorted services. Even I can walk there in fifteen minutes from my place. The same sort of thing exists in Tuscany. Same in Rocky Ridge.
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But overall, name a city of a million plus that is more sparse than Calgary ... who cares about any individual burb, it's the sheer mass of them that Calgary has.