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Originally Posted by SebC
It would be a factor, not only in attracting people/companies but also in retaining them.
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I agree - Edmonton, while more blue collar than Calgary (which isn't a bad thing, you don't hear a lot of the same lame slightly elitist pot shots coming from Edmonton as you read on this board actually), still has a lot of very wealthy people living here. There is a great deal of demand for property in the downtown core which needs to get cleaned up big time. The issue is that there is a massive homeless problem as the natives from the reserves up north funnel down to Edmonton because it is the largest major city close-by. Along with this there are some scuzzy areas in the Boyle Street District. I don't think that there are any simple answers though as no matter what is done it is just going to push the transient population elsewhere.