Not sure I would agree. Road spending in overpasses and interchanges in the suburbs dwarf any new roads in the inner city. The money that must have been spent in South Calgary (that whole Marquis of Lorne/22x/deerfoot/South Calgary Hospital Road thingy that is beeing built. Billions must have been spent on that stuff. Hadn't been in that area in years and it made me gasp at how much work is going on there.
You think the inner city road system is a free flowing paradise? It isn't, because all the Cranston peole use the inner city roads as well. At least on the weekends, the inner city folk aren't cramming the Marquis of Lorne trail highway.
I guess you could argue that a LRT is missing, but Jesus Christ thats far, how about an airport too? Should the people of High river get LRT service too, since it is largely paid for by the province and not the city?
I would prefer to raise a family and live in Cancun and commute to Canmore, I think the taxpayers should support that decision by building a high speed link, its a free country.
New hospitals out there vs crowded/old hospitals that are shut down in the inner city?
Brand new pools and stuff out there, old dirty decrepit pools in the inner city.
Brand new massive 4 rink complexes like South Fish creek and winsport, versus old dumpy barns with roofs caving in like West Hillhurst or Stu Peppard. Oh Winsport isn't really suburban, well there's a billion dollar 4 lane highway built around the city so people in the north boonies can get there in a snap.
So every new neighborhood should get a library and pool and rink? I don't see any of those in Sunnyside? There is a school that smells like moth balls and hippie.
The thing is, if the inner city does expand Lindsay park, the suburb folk will use it on their lunch hours too. Build it in Mahogany, the guy in Lower mount royal will never even see it, let alone use it.
Of course people understand why people want to live out there, giant, brand new house that costs less and has lower taxes because of that. The people aren't stupid, the inner city ones are the dumb ones.
Better amenities to the suburbs, maybe after you have paid 'the fair share' for 20 years to catch up.
