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Originally Posted by MarchHare
That's hardly a fair assessment of the situation. Many born-and-bred Calgarians are the most fiscally-conservative people in the entire country and view any spending above the absolute bare minimum to be wasteful.
Many transplanted Calgary residents, like myself, have seen the greatness other cities have achieved in terms of architecture and livability and want to see more of that in our adopted home. More often than not, we're met with violent opposition from the Ric McIvers of the world who are content living in a totally bland and boring city that lacks any kind of character so long as it keeps their taxes low (or I should say lower, since Albertans already enjoy the lowest taxes in Canada and are among the least taxed people in any Western democracy).
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Its true, I'm born and raised Calgarian and I don't care for the bridge. Heck I dont even live in the suburbs. I mostly argue against the folks that think this is bridge will have a meaningful impact on the city image. Or believe that because its downtown will be used by more people than other infrastructure projects mentioned in this thread.