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Originally Posted by troutman
Much has improved.
Downtown used to be deserted after 5 pm. The city was unwelcoming for gay people. There was possibly one sushi restaurant. The Flames played in the Corral. Few festivals. The University has expanded greatly - MRU too. The airport was small town.
The negative - more people are in the mountains, crowding the wild places.
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I moved to Calgary in 76 and it wasn't that way then. There was lots of night time activity along 7th and 8th aves. Not top class and all legal but it gave the city character. To this old fart, the LRT closing of 7th and the tearing down of old neighbourhoods was a loss.