Lots of neighborhoods have old homes that get knocked down left and right (Mountview, Renfrew, Bridgeland, Mount Pleasant, Killarny etc)
The fact is, the people that own the houses in Mount Royal and Elbow Park and areas such as that have the money to level those and rebuild, but there is relatively little infill development in those communities (a bit more post flood) because the above examples had very small houses sitting on very valuable lots.
In Mount Royal and Elbow park, the houses were big and nice when they were built, and people happen to like them, so they are kept. Go drive anywhere in Elbow Park and check out the housing stock. There is tons of stuff built in the early 20th century that is still there today. People like it. If they didn't, the bulldozer would have come and gone.
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