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I have trouble that we're building something thats suppossed to encourage environmental friendliness, yet we're building most of it overseas, shipping it across the ocean and then driving it across the country.
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And if it was constructed locally, at much greater expense, I'm sure you'd be complaining even more about the cost.
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And I don't see myself as a tourist visiting a town because of a bridge.
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The town of
Hartland, New Brunswick derives almost all of its tourism revenue solely because of a bridge.
That said, I doubt anyone would visit Calgary just because of
one bridge, but hopefully things like the Peace Bridge and The Bow mark the beginning of a trend towards more unique architecture in the city, replacing the decades of "functional but boring" designs that have come before. Eventually, Calgary could become a tourist destination for those who seek to admire architecture. It won't happen overnight, of course, but the city has to start somewhere.