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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
It really bothers me how common and persistent of a complaint this is. No offense to you or your wife, but the solution is pretty simple.
Don't live in the boondocks if you don't want transit problems. Move closer to downtown and walk to work... there's a million condos coming up for sale within the next two years. Or maybe find a job that doesn't take you downtown if you like where you live.
95% of Calgary's population acts like a gaggle of reatrds by moving out to the friggen edge of the city because they "have to have a yard" and then bitch about every single thing wrong with their decision as if it was not their fault.
One hour commutes into work. Crappy transit. Crappy traffic. Not enough schools. Not enough Police. Not enough firefighters. BLAH BLAH BLAH! What do you expect when a community of thousands gets plonked out in the middle of nowhere in the matter of two years? Services and infrastructure just don't magically appear!
Wait, I know, tax the whole city equally to pay for the things you need, that's a good plan. Because I chose to live downtown to avoid the very things you are complaining about I need to be penalized in order to support your lifestyle anyway. Take my taxes to build your school and while you're at it, tear down the police station in my district so you can make it the new Airdrie HQ... I don't mind when the park down the street from me gets overrun with drug dealers and prostitutes, really. The cops really need to be patrolling the suburbs to keep those speeding teenagers in line.
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Hmm, this started with the statement that the city is trying to promote the use of public transit.
The response was Public transit can't handle current peak loads, it doesn't need promotion.
Your answer - everyone should live downtown. What an stupid response.
You go into a rant about your taxes and services for the suburbs. My taxes pay for theses too. My neighbourhood has been around for 20 years. You want to live near a police station - following your logic why don't you move near them and cut your whining?
FYI - I happen to work 20 minutes from where I live. So did my wife until 6 months ago. Now she has a job and has to put up with the C-Train BS. Not everyone can afford to live downtown. And I'm sorry if we don't want to move downtown to make YOUR life more convenient; doesn't sound like we could stomach some of the neighbours.