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Originally Posted by GGG
By ruined you mean transformed into the inner city area you are talking about.
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It's an inner city area for sure but there is really not a lot of jobs. It's a residential area with a small commercial strip. This isn't 4 Street Mission.
I am not opposed to development but what is kinda happening there is the developers are running wild with the city backing. The access for the area's main streets is 33rd Ave and 14 Street. During rush hour, even on transit, it's taking a long time to get out of the area. If you don't work in the area, you don't have the option of not coming and going.
The real purpose of density and proper development is for people to be able to live, work, shop, entertain and more.
It's one of the reasons why Calgary has been focused on density for the downtown core. The jobs are there but historically there was not a lot of places for people to live downtown.
If the city is just exasperating a scenario where we are piling people into an area with poor access and not really any sort of employment outside of some service jobs, that isn't proper planning.
If your a business with a decent level of employee's and looking for commercial space, your not finding anything in Marda Loop. It doesn't really exist.