The whole cost thing balances out in my opinion. Sure some inner city dwellers are paying for roads that they'll never take advantage of to get built. But also theoretically suburbanites are paying for the police that spend most of their time in the inner city. We can spend all day giving examples, but I am sure it balances out one way or the other.
Personally, I live in the suburbs and I want out. I work downtown, and most of industry has their offices downtown as well. So more than likely I will be working downtown for the majority of my career. If I drive to work it takes about 30-40 minutes and costs at minimum $10 to park, no mention gas and wear and tear on my car. So I mostly take the train which as everyone knows can be terrible. I would so much rather walk or bike to work and live downtown. It's so much easier being central. A bunch of my friends now live in the north and driving to their houses can take 45 minutes with clear roads. I am sick of it.
I am all for Chinook expanding. I really don't see a problem. Some of the traffic issues will need to worked out better. But it would be nice to only have to go to one building and do almost all of my shopping.
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