[QUOTE=SeeGeeWhy;1958331]Sure, my response was half directed at you so I understand your apprehension but will you answer my question as to
why you don't go downtown?
I have no need to.
The museums don't change enough to warrant going frequently. Even if they did, they aren't interesting for my family at the moment.
Prince's Island Park is indeed a nice park... but why go all the way downtown when Bowness Park, Edworthy Park, Nose Hill Park, etc are all closer in the NW (with others around the city for those in those ares) and I don't have to pay for parking to get to them?
Eau Claire Market isn't much of a market. It might be good for those in the area, but it isn't a draw to come downtown.
etc.
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Right, and what would you prefer spending the (fairly insignificant) incremental on? Do you also have nice looking, functional sex? Do you wish to squeeze the joy and interest out of everything for everyone else around you? The money "wasted" on the required artwork on that interchange is going to be a drop in the bucket compared to the re-work they are going to need to do on it because it was never designed properly to begin with (but that is a different story).
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What would I prefer spending the increment on? How about the next project? Making up an example, instead of two $25MM projects, how about 3 $17MM projects, if the decrement would be "fairly insignificant"?
Nice looking functional sex? wtf?
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To me, good transportation does not equal free flowing vehicle traffic at every interesction in the city. It is an incomplete view and does not provide enough flexibility to the citizens of Calgary.
The development arc we are on is heavily weighted towards investment in vehicle based transportation and to me that isn't fair. People practically need 2 - 3 vehicles or more just to get around in Calgary - that's damned expensive. Not to mention dangerous.
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Free flowing traffic isn't a necessity, but the current constantly stopped traffic needs to be re-evaluated. Stopping at a light with no cross-traffic only to get the green light as the cross-traffic arrives happens way too often and needs to be re-evaluated. This is only a part of "good transportation".
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You argue that the inner-city lifestyle is being forced upon you, but in what way is this significantly happening? Do you not see that urban sprawl is the only lifestyle being "forced" in this town?
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If urban sprawl is being "forced", why is it the most in demand?
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I would not be upset at all if half of this city fell off the map for good. Its not special nor is it required. We do not need to be impacting the environment and our economy in the way that we currently choosing to.
Demand is one thing, but what you're failing to see is that our system doesn't truly allow for a proper selection of supply to be available to the market as it is.
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It obviously is required since it exists.
People are not demanding the high density areas, or they would be being built a lot more often than they are. That's the beauty of our economy - demand is king.