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Originally Posted by MJM
How is this even related to urban sprawl? Most of the people taking cabs are the young working professionals and university students, the majority of which don't live in the burbs. Most people that live in the burbs keep their drinking close to their home or don't utilize taxi service to begin with
In my opinion, "Urban Sprawl" is becoming an excuse for Calgarians to avoid recognizing some of the major issues they don't want to admit their Utopia in their own mind has.
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It's not the only cause of the issue, but urban sprawl is absolutely related. It's not becoming the excuse in Calgary, people are just finally waking up to the downsides of it.
Young professionals and university students don't live in the burbs?
As a young professional who was recently a UofC student, and sells homes near the heart of Calgary's core, I can tell you this is completely off.
A large majority of them do live in the burbs.
I couldn't keep count of the amount of young professionals I've met in the last 2 months, who bought townhouses in places like New Brighton and are now looking at shifting to DT/Beltline because they're sick of the $80 cab rides home on the weekend.