[mykalberta]

For the City, its far more expensive to support you in Cranston than if you lived say North of Anderson Road (it always has been with every suburb - the only difference is with this Mayor there is a discussion ongoing on how to better fund the suburbs so they are affordable). Currently the low home prices are being subsidized by other parts of the city to pay for things that the suburb will ultimately demand/want/need. Unless you say that in 15 years you wont be asking for a local rec centre, library, police station, fire station etc.

So promoting a more dense community saves the City money (which in case you havent heard is pretty much broke (most cities are) as it has only 1 taxation method and the province wont allow it any others (gas, food service, hotel tax etc. And with a 4 Billion deficit I doubt we will be getting much in terms of spending down here from the Province other than what is already announced.

I have been wondering this for a while, if the City were to crunch the numbers, in the long run would it be in its best financial interest to allow no more suburban building unless it meets a certain density requirement and just tell everyone that if they dont like it move to Okotoks etc?