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Old 04-24-2013, 12:05 PM   #228
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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh View Post
Exactly. This is one of the very likely effects of PlanIt Calgary – pushing people that want to live in an affordable SF home out of Calgary city limits. So, they'd work here but live and pay taxes to airdries and cochranes, which would be a bad economic outcome for Calgary.
There is no way the surrounding areas could support the bulk of Calgary's population growth. They have neither the infrastructure nor administrative capabilities to facilitate that amount of development.
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