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Originally Posted by First Lady
This is happening already.
Smaller municipalities outpace Calgary in home sales growth
The problem I have with documents like PlanIt or ImagineCalgary, is there is little or no reference to what's happening in the market. It's like they believe they can force these changes. Don't get me wrong, I don't oppose change. I just think much of it would happen naturally. I see it in my own community of Highland Park.
Additionally there is no reference to "consumer choice" and I would argue the vast majority of people (especially those with kids or planning a family) still prefer a modest home that isn't crammed onto a postage stamp.
The reality is they are choosing these outlaying towns because they can get a nice size home, on a decent lot and for less money than they can in Calgary.
Meanwhile Calgary isn't addressing this; they are furthering the divide and missing out collecting the tax base. |
How exactly is Calgary supposed to address this? Allow developers to build faster? Who is going to pay for all the new infrastructure as well as upgrades to existing infrastructure?
Development doesn't happen in a vacumn.