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Originally Posted by Table 5
Well for one, not everybody works in the oil and gas sector to enjoy that booming economy, and two, life isn't just about work. What happens outside of work hours is pretty damn important too.
At the end of the day, Calgary is still a relatively small city and just can't compete with a true metropolis in a lot of areas. Not a lot of cutting edge things happen here...wether they be culture, music, shopping, tech, history etc....we're kind of a 2nd/3rd tier kind of place. It's a good place to raise a family, and still get a lot of great stuff....but compared to a lot of places in the world, it's still a bit, uh, podunk?
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Calgary is most often compared to cities multiple times its size. What Calgary needs to develop as it becomes a true big city is that big city buzz - just
more of everything - whether it be streetlife, walkable neighbourhoods, shopping, dining, cultural activity. These things will come both naturally with densification and growth and some deliberate effort on the part of its citizens to create a better, more exciting city. Calgary does pretty well for a city its size and is a really fun place if you really get yourself out there in the community.
On the otherhand, it's hard to find a place on earth where the basics of a good quality of life are better - whether it be health and wellbeing, education, income, infrastructure, recreation, or environmental factors (air, water, ground quality).