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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Why does it have to be one or the other? Why are only the things that you value important?
I agree with much of what you posted here. But I also want to see a cutting edge arena and gathering area, like LA and others. They also add to a city.
A vibrant city needs parklands, AND streetscapes, AND an arts community, AND museums, AND sports facilities, AND...
Listing subsets and claiming they are what is important seems to me to be what is small-minded. (not directed at you)
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I wasn't say that Calgarians' dont want those things, I'm just providing examples of how we have changed as a city and the initiative we show has changed since the 1980s. We want ALL of that stuff, but just like everything else, we have priorities. In the 1980's a new arena and olympics was probably highly sought after. Now, people are looking for other things first. It merely shows the mentality of the city has changed, not the big-picture thinking.