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Originally Posted by calculoso
Sure it is.... until there get to be more and more of those developments around.
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oh please, now your just reaching.
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Originally Posted by calculoso
One of the benefits of living in Calgary is all the green space that we have in the city. I'm assuming these are the "empty spaces" that you're referring to. Sure they could be filled up with housing... but then the city will be more of a concrete wasteland than it is now. I don't think that is an improvement either.
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Calgary is one of the least green cities in Canada when it comes to trees, so Im not quite sure what you're talking about. Virtually every tree in this city was planted (take a look at old shots of Mount Royal, it was practically prairie). Besides, all the great green spaces are in already developed communities, no?
The problem with new suburban neighborhoods is that instead of working with the available natural beauty and adding to it, we just bulldoze the crap out of it (and then promply rename the community with whatever we destroyed) and then sprinkle in some new sapplings and call it a day.
One of my biggest desires for the city is that we all plant more trees on our lots....its great for character for the city, good for the environment, and increases your property value. what's not to like?
And don't play dumb, I wasn't suggesting we go develop Fish Creek Park (or anything even resembling a park). There are tons of concrete parking lots and wasteland out there that are begging to be developed.
Besides, ff you love your greenspace so much, why are you advocating new communities being built on the existing greenery around the city? You would think that if you loved your greenspaces so much you would be for a lesser footprint of concrete, not a bigger one.