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Originally Posted by troutman
14 million live in the Alps. 300,00 in the Canadian Rockies.
It is interesting to speculate though. If we could build more mountain towns, where would they go? The Eastern Slopes are pretty much all protected and treaty land from Willmore to Waterton. The only part not protected is around Grassy Mtn and the CNP.
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I find this nonsense so ridiculous. Second largest landmass on earth. Thousands of square kms of wilderness. You literally drive a hundred km per hour for
hours through the mountains and it’s all “but wherever could we fit another town?!” Total garbage. Oh I dunno, roads can be built? Why are we only allowed one road? Why only three towns along it? It’s insane. Guys the population has exploded in western Canada. There’s ####ing millions of people here now. It’s just reality and the preciousness of the mountains in Canada shouldn’t be the exclusive jurisdiction of the rich and wealthy.
It’s totally asinine with how much land we have to think there’s no room out there. Sorry, it just is. There’s ####ing SO much land out there and SO many lakes/ places to develop.
I notice that everyone is now just mocking Sliver because they know he’s right. They don’t have the arguments to debate so resort to calling him names and saying he’s angry etc. like, no, he’s right, you should think about your position and probably feel shame for being so NIMBY.
These days, in my mind, being NIMBY is the antithesis of what Canadians need to be especially in light of the US tariff war / situation. Another town or two is a DIRE need. Like all these billion construction workers in Calgary nonsensically tearing up roads and medians should be rounded up and immediately bussed out to start construction on a new town post haste.