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Originally Posted by Fuzz
It's not that hard a concept to get. Nature has a carrying capacity. When Canmore was small, large animals would pass through it, or go around. There wasn't much traffic or people to get in the way. As more developments occurred, animals had to go further around, and as density increased had more interactions if they had to go through. They don't go through anymore(not like they did when i was a kid, anyway).
Then places like Silvertip and Peaks of Grassi went it, removing the upper margins of the valley for animal transit on both sides. Now a massive N/S corridor is going to have shops and condos in the way. I know, you don't care. But you asked.
It's weird having to explain that a small town has less negative impact and interactions than a large one. It's kind of obvious.
And yes, we were critical of developments back then that were unnatural. There was a big thing around the river dyke, but it was ultimately deemed necessary. I remember a friend pulling marker stakes along the river path, because the old natural path was seen as better. There were many decisions made even back then that were debated.
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Well hey, I'm all for building another mountain town. Since that, too, is a non-starter for people in the valley (remember...it's fine if
they live there, but bear in mind they called 'no more joiners' so screw anybody else). As for the problems growth creates? Yep, no different than the problems growth creates anywhere else on planet earth. We're humans. We're smart. The problems we create in Canmore we will also fix. If we don't fix them, things will suck and people will leave and it'll shrink. But it's not going back to 1993 and Canmore people need to get that through their heads and start being a little fkn nicer.