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Originally Posted by jammies
I'm with those who want the street closure next year just for the annoyance factor. How many of you actually drive near downtown on a Sunday anyway? Buncha surburbanite NIMBYs complainin' when it ain't even YOUR backyard!
I live just across the river and use Memorial all the time, but I didn't have any troubles because I used an alternate route, which took all of .0001 seconds of my life to work out. You'd think from the complaining that some of you must have toll booths set up there and Druh is taking the clothes of your children's backs by cutting into your cashflow. I really don't care if she had a plan or not when she first thought this up - it's not like she proposed shutting down Deerfoot during rush hour for a rocket plane race (unfortunately) or turning all the plus-15s into hobo shelters. It's Memorial Drive on a lazy Sunday, fer chrissakes!
Lastly, not everything that happens in the city needs your personal stamp of approval. For example, I'd rather get sodomized by grinning midgets than go visit Mallzac, but if that gets your mojo rising, by all means go on out there and have a blast. To each his or her own, and if Druh wants to unicycle down Memorial Drive while juggling free slurpees for a lark, all power to her.
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Quoted for emphasis and brilliance.
I love car free festivals and Calgary could use way more.