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Originally Posted by Wookie
In Calgary's business district (over 70 national and international head offices), over 145,000 Calgarians work downtown.
Employed Calgarians as of May 2008 - 695,000
20% of the workforce is downtown, yet we should all live there in high rise buildings?
We should pay more because we all drive downtown or all take the train to work?
The trucks drive a lot less distance to pick up my garbage than they do yours.
I am moving to a townhouse complex in the NW soon, 40 residences, 4 garbage bins, all closer to the dump and trucks than downtown. My water comes from Bearspaw. Not downtown.
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That's great that you see that over 145,000 people work in downtown. Now, how many of them actually live downtown? I'm guessing over 100,000 people make the commute to and from the 'burbs every day, and I would imagine a good majority of them would love to live closer to work. The problem is that living in the inner city can be expensive, but it's also a lifestyle choice; what you lose in paying for a mortgage, you're making up for the less gas you're spending and the smaller ecological footprint you leave. It's a lifestyle choice at the end of the day.
And you are misunderstanding my point. My point is that I shouldn't have to pay for those services in Bearspaw if I'm not going to use them. I don't care where you think water comes from. The fire trucks that use that water are way on the other side of the city that I'll never have to call on for help, yet I'm paying for them.
Call me selfish, call me narrow-minded, but I am proud to admit that I am inner-city resident who just feels like the city is expanding too far outwards and people who shouldn't have to be paying for it are.