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Originally Posted by Lord Carnage
Calgary isn't really a "standard" city with an active after-hours core. There is probably more going on around Marlborough Mall in the evenings than there is downtown.
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Calgarians have a funny way of defining the downtown as only the central business district. And yeah, by that standard, those office districts in almost any North American city are not that active outside business hours. But the areas immediately surrounding the office areas are active outside those grouse. 17th Ave, for instance is every but part of the downtown of our city as 6th Avenue. Ever spend time on the river walk downtown on the weekend? Chinatown? East Village? Various areas of Beltline? Sure there is more to do to make them more vibrant than today, but in many ways we are prototypical, not atypical.