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Originally Posted by ken0042
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Just wondering, what is wrong with sprawl?
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are you joking? do you not realize the bigger the city is land wise, the more money and effort it takes to keep it running? Building and mantaining all that infrustructure that go out to the burbs are infinitely more expensive than if the city had a smaller footprint. Why do you think Calgary has such a crappy road network? If this city was smaller, we could have better quality roads, not the strained ones we experience now.
The worst thing is, its the suburbs that pay the least taxes, when THEY are the ones that cost the most for the city to mantain and provide services for. The inner city here should have the cheapest taxes, as they have the smallest drain on our budget. But just like the asinine smoking bylaw in this city, it's completely backwards.