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Originally Posted by RedJester
Although I agree that Calgary needs to stop it's sprawl outwards, it's not really a trend that is easily fixed or reversed. Calgary is one of the most family-centric cities in Canada, and those families want to live in big houses with garages and big back yards.
I'm not saying it's practical, but that's just the reality of living here.
Plus, developers aren't going to start building condos and multi-storied housing projects halfway out to Okotoks. They're left to pick and choose areas in the already developed parts of the city, and those are pretty hard to come by.
Compare that to Vancouver where the closer you get to downtown, the denser the housing gets. It's night and day.
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Reversed, well of course not, but it could be easily halted through the use of zoning and taxation. I'd like to see Calgary make a point of spending on things that make living closer to the core desirable, you don't necesarily need to make things worse for those in the suburbs if you can shift the demand to more central locations. The city spends a lot of money to serve such a massive footprint, a condensed population can be served in a more cost effective manner in many respects, it's really a win-win and it seems the city is at least starting down that road.