Love how this thread has started with all of the inner-city dwelling people hating sprawl. Typical.
While there does need to be more development in the inner city - ie: tearing down old houses and building in-fills - there is a reason why new communities are being built on the outskirts of town... PEOPLE WANT THEM! Refusing to build more will just drive people to live in Cochrane, Airdrie, Okotoks, Chestermere, etc and further the problem. In order to sustain business growth, that manpower will still be needed, but the residential taxes will no longer be collected as they aren't living in the city.
Unless this is going to turn into a new GCA (Greater Calgary Area), there are going to be lots more problems generated by these 'solutions'.
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