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Originally Posted by calculoso
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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It's getting out of control though. The mentality of people in this city has to change such that you have to understand that the continued urban sprawl will see Calgary spread into Cochrane, Airdrie and Okotoks. Hell, we're almost at Okotoks already, and Airdrie is a stones throw away from the edge of Calgary. I don't think it takes an urban planner to see that supporting a city built like that is extremely difficult. We will all have to pay for that with increased taxation and when people start moving to the satellite cities something's going to give and it's not going to help anyone.
I've seen where urban sprawl leads, and the reliance on automobile transportation, and I don't like it. I don't want my city to be like that. So I'm vocal about my position on that matter.