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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
You're missing out on one of the crown jewels of our city if you've never been to Prince's Island. You've also probably never been bothered to explore any number of the other excellent interesting inner city areas that are peppered throughout our "downtown" (Historic downtown sites, the Glenbow Museum, Eau Claire, Inglewood, Bridgeland, Kensington(Hillhurst/Sunnyside), 17th Ave, 11th Ave, 4th Street, Mt Royal, Sunalta, Crescent Heights, Rosedale, Point McKay, Edworthy Park, Sandy Beach, etc).
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Put words in my mouth why don't you.
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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
You're also obviously someone who is opposed to this bridge.
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I'm not opposed to the bridge. I'm opposed to spending THAT MUCH on the bridge. I'm opposed to it being a work of art rather than a nice looking functional bridge.
I'm just as opposed to the nice fish on the Glenmore/Elbow/Macleod underpass.. What a waste of money.
I'll be just as opposed if something artsy is on the new Stoney bridges too.
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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
I shudder to think about the mental and emotional viewpoint that someone of your experience has of Calgary. Honestly, if your entire time in Calgary has been limited to the extremely generic outskirts of our town, you might as well be living in Anytown, North America and that is probably exactly how you feel about Calgary.
I'm a born and raised Calgarian and I am interested in what it is going to take to make my city vibrant and sustainable; also in what it is going to take to make it an attractive, pleasant place to live and visit.
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Good for you.
As someone who is ALSO a born and raised Calgarian, I am also interested in making my city the best it can be. Good transportation around the city is essential. A work of art is not.
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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
90% of the people that I interact with on a daily basis are transplants in this town and are so quick to spit on what a terrible place this is (and getting worse!), and how they're moving "back home" as soon as they have enough money.
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Have you stopped to ask them what is so terrible? 90% of the people I talk to complain about the horrible traffic. They complain about the ty roads. They don't complain about a lack of art, a lack of special looking buildings, etc.
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The same thing is going on with Plan It... so much effort is going into creating options for our city, towards reducing long run development costs (economic and other wise), yet there is an outcry by a majority who don't understand the impact their lifestyle has on the long term viability of Calgary, nor do they care. Its brutal.
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See that's where I completely disagree. Plan It seems to have a mandate to make the city another Toronto or another Vancouver. It, and those running it, doesn't seem to understand that a large portion of people who live here now come from Saskatchewan or other rural areas. They are being forced to move to "the big city" but choose Calgary because it doesn't have the "big city feel". It isn't building upon building stretching as high as the eye can see. It allows those people, who are used to having acres of land available to them, to have a sense of space while giving them none. Do you think that those people would move here to live in a 20 story apartment building? Hell no. They're making a huge sacrifice to move into a 1600 sq ft home with a back yard...and yet they're being crapped on for it. Screw that.
Those of you who want the high-density life can enjoy it... but don't force it on the rest of us. Having lived in downtown Calgary, I've learned that the lifestyle isn't for me. I'm quite happy living, working, shopping in the suburbs and all of the traffic nightmare that comes with it. Judging from the demand, I'm not alone and in by far the majority in this city.
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Originally Posted by Pastiche
Troll?
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Comparing when I joined CP and when you did, you don't really have a leg to stand on.