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Originally Posted by 4X4
Where do all the Sunnyside residents buy their furniture? And all their xmas presents? Where do they go when they need a garden hose?
They go to the big box stores and malls that only exist because the edges of town have so much space.
I've been on both sides of this argument, as I've lived both inner city and far suburbs, and I've come to the conclusion that it's ridiculous to have a rivalry with yourself. If some of you people hate Calgary so much then just leave. You can't draw a target on a map and say that everyone within the first circle is "living sustainably" and the people and houses outside are the "unsustainables". Everything in the city was once on the edge of town, so what's the problem? The city is too big? For who? You? Then move to one of the dozens of small towns in the vicinity.
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It's not a rivaly with yourself, its a city that just catching up with the 80's or 90's thinking now.
What I can't believe hasn't become an issue yet is the run up of property tax in the last several years. And if you think that's a problem, go look at the 5 year forecast. That, is what I refer to by unsustainable. Can big box stores live? sure there's a place for everything, not everyone has to live the exact same way, but you are out of your mind if you don't thin that people in high density neighborhoods aren't subsidizing all the sprawl.
And since you want to compare, I drive about one day a week. Im not saying everyone else has to be that way (wouldn't hurt, but nobody has to) but your comparison of the resources required by the avg inner city resident vs the tuscany resident is funny. It's not the same, not even close.