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Naheed Nenshi took Calgary’s mayoral throne in the 2010 municipal elections thanks to a vote-split by the center-right and an impressive galvanization of the normally electorally apathetic hipster population of Calgary.
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It was a legitimate three-way race. One could argue that whichever candidate won would have done so thanks to vote-splitting among supporters of the other two. As for the hipster comment, while that demographic undoubtedly came out for Nenshi more than McIver or Higgens, they alone cannot explain the mayor's
near-90% approval rating (survey from November).
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I live in a condo now, because it is just me, and it is convenient...for now. But I am getting really tired of walking down a hallway, smelling cigarette smoke from one suite, someones massive crap that is wafting under the door of another, and some rancid cuisine from from unpronounceable island nation from the person next door. I also do not like having to listen to my whale of a next door neighbour getting stuffed like a thanksgiving turkey every second night.
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FYI, the situation you described doesn't have to be the case with apartment/condo living. I used to live in a Kensington apartment and shared your complaints; the walls were thin and I could hear everything going on in my neighbours' units. A few years ago, I moved to an apartment-style condo in the Beltline; it has a concrete frame which provides excellent sound-proofing. I never hear my neighbours, and they don't hear me. I'm a guitarist and sometimes crack my amp louder than I probably should in an apartment. I once told my next-door neighbour that if I was ever disturbing him, he should feel free to knock on my door and tell me to turn it down. He responded that he had never even heard my playing before.
With respect to cooking smells (or other odours) wafting throughout the entire building, that can also be controlled. The ventilation in my building is configured such that air pressure is set slightly higher in the hallways than it is in the individual units; this keeps smells isolated to the suites where they're coming from.