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I'd also say there's a certain snobby/DB'ness that didn't exist back in the 90s, but I may chalk that up to simply not seeing it back then because I was a student living in the burbs, and now I work in the core. I'm sure downtown has always had its snobby elements. Posted from Calgarypuck.com App for Android
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Yeah, I can agree with that. I left in 2002, and came back in 2012, and there was definitely a bit of an attitude adjustment in that time frame that I noticed. Some of it is a good kind of snobbery because I think expectations of quality in terms of things like food have been raised, but there's definitely more of a obnoxious element as well. I think some people forget that while we have grown up quite a bit, Calgary is not exactly London either. There is still plenty of growth to go.
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If you're in the right areas it's beautiful though, downtown looks amazing from the River Walk side. Calgary really did grow up in the years I was gone.
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I'm lucky enough to have a pretty nice view of downtown here from Bridgeland, and the amount of change I've seen in the last 2 years alone is staggering. The rapid change that's happening down in the East Village / St. Patricks Island area is amazing, and there's still much to come.