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Originally Posted by Muta
No one is telling you what's best for your 'needs'. Nobody.
It is hoped, though, that one makes the proper choices through proper research in deciding where to live; one should suffer the consequences of deciding where exactly that location is. Calgary is a roads-based city, and and thus choosing to live in outlying areas comes with a heavy price financially and environmentally. Choosing to live that far out also contributes to the steady rise in municipal taxation, mainly from the simple reason that resources and infrastructure need to be continually expanded outward.
No one is saying they have all the answers; but when urban sprawl is a serious problem in today's environmental and energy based world, something has to give. The decision to expand further and further outwards is unsustainable in a number of ways. What IS arrogant, however, is choosing to ignore this because you have a fundamental right to live that far out. No one is denying that you do; that doesn't make your decision right, however.
The choice to live in areas that continue to weigh heavy on resources and infrastructure will continue to increase in becoming an unpopular one.
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It's not arrogant to live where and how you want to live, its called freedom. It's arrogant to assume that the only way to live responsibly for all people is to live in an 800 sq. foot apartment. Maybe if we spent as much effort finding ways to make people's desired choices more 'sustainable', as opposed to trying to ram lifestyle choices down their throats we'd be further ahead towards developing better technologies to solve some of these problems.