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Originally Posted by Muta
This. Look at Singapore and see how well they've done developing their tiny parcel of land into a modern, urban and sustainable community. That city is so far ahead of us here in terms of development and infrastructure upkeep it's ridiculous. While I realize there are many differences between Singapore and Calgary, they are a great example of developing up, not out. Just an impressive city all around.
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They've also been around for over a hundred years longer than Calgary and have five times the amount of people paying taxes there. You can't really rip Calgary for the
unprecedented growth (almost doubled our population) that we've experienced over the last twenty years. There is just no sustainable development plan for that level of growth.