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Originally Posted by stampsx2
From Chapparel, Cranston, Silverado and especially Walden it's closer to Okotoks than downtown Calgary. I wonder how many years it will take till Okotoks, Airdrie and Cochrane are all attached.
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Airdrie and Calgary virtually already are. In Airdrie, the Kings Heights community and the light industrial immediately south of that are going to push right up agianst the Sharp Hill area of the MD of Rockyview, which is a stone's throw from Mallzac. From Calgary's perspective, the city is building its own industrial around Stoney Trail, which is also in viewing distance to the mall. Once these new developments, as well as the surrounding development at Crossiron Mills is complete - probably within five years - the two cities will be joined as a continuous urban area.
Incidentally, I have no idea why StatsCan doesn't count Okotoks and the MD of Foothills in the Calgary CMA.