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Originally Posted by jaydorn
I’m reading Sustainability Matters right now which is focused squarely on Calgary’s urban development and has some rather disheartening stats/historical tidbits however. I don’t remember the exact numbers, but the Plan It initiative had a target of splitting new comers to the city equally between inner city & new suburban developments over a 10 year period… in reality it ended up being 90% suburban if my memory is correct. |
Just because politicians say they want 50:50 doesn't mean that's what new residents and new home owners want. You can't force them to live where they don't want to live. Push too hard and you end up with 50:50 only because 150K potential new Calgarians ended up moving to the surrounding towns and cities, or not moving to Alberta at all.
In recent years, the media has talked about Calgary's loss of young people but the most important migration cohorts for Calgary are the late 20s to mid 30s:
Unlike the three bigger cities, Calgary still attracts the family-starting age demographics because it has the housing that they want. In those other cities, they're leaving the core for the suburbs, exurbs or Alberta.