The Ongoing Airdrie Thread…

[Southside]

Originally Posted by _Q_

I think it might be entertaining if all the Calgarians would just shut up in this thread and let the Airdronians discuss all the new and exciting things happening in their city as it was intended. We can use this thread as a kind of social experiment to see how truly boring Airdrie is.

Calgarypuck

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by _Q_

I think it might be entertaining if all the Calgarians would just shut up in this thread and let the Airdronians discuss all the new and exciting things happening in their city as it was intended. We can use this thread as a kind of social experiment to see how truly boring Airdrie is.

Given we have pretentious posters who like to crap all over Calgary (despite, presumably, living here) for not being a 500 year old city with castles and two-century old stone bridges , I doubt that will prove much.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Locke

I still think theres a fair amount of resentment regarding the fact that they use infrastructure that they dont pay for.

just put up a wall

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by dino7c

just put up a wall

Given the winter we've had we could have done this:

Spoiler!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Is there, I mean beside in this thread?


Why are Calgarians not up in arms about Cochrane, Okotoks, Bragg Creek, High River, Black Diamond, Turner Valley and every other little town within a 30-60 minute drive. I know people that live in Crossfield and work in downtown Calgary.


People have made a different choice than you, different, not better or worse, but different.

Yes. There is. I dont know how things work out in Sylvan Lake, but in Calgary there is a large number of people who depend on Calgary for their livelihoods but dont contribute back to the city. In small doses its no big deal, but its getting bigger and bigger via the half dozen or so little bedroom communities you just alluded to.

Its a serious problem and its a growing problem, and something is going to have to happen in the near future to deal with it.

Originally Posted by wretched34

Ya, darn those Airdrie folk who drive on the roads in Calgary city limits, they don't pay for them.... And they never spend a penny in Calgary while they're in town, just drive around aimlessly, ruining the roads.
Or what about when they use the city transit systems!!! they don't pay taxes for those, just the regular transit fares, it's rubbish, they're stealing seats from tax payers. And while we're on that note, lets ban tourists, they are a burden on infrastructure too, from now on, proof of residence is required to get into the Stampede. Heck, let's just ban tourism worldwide.

New rule, if you don't pay taxes for it, you're not allowed to touch it.

I dont know if you're being deliberately obtuse or if you're being sarcastic because what you wrote there is pretty much the problem.

And you know that when you buy something in Calgary the City doesnt get a cut right? Theres no civic or municipal sales tax on the purchase of goods and services or anything like that.

How do you think the City of Calgary is collecting fees from purchases? Magic?

[Temporary_User]

Originally Posted by Locke

Yes. There is. I dont know how things work out in Sylvan Lake, but in Calgary there is a large number of people who depend on Calgary for their livelihoods but dont contribute back to the city. In small doses its no big deal, but its getting bigger and bigger via the half dozen or so little bedroom communities you just alluded to.

Its a serious problem and its a growing problem, and something is going to have to happen in the near future to deal with it.

Isn't that the way almost all other major cities operate though? Calgary is pretty unique where most of the suburbs are part of the actual city.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Locke

Yes. There is. I dont know how things work out in Sylvan Lake, but in Calgary there is a large number of people who depend on Calgary for their livelihoods but dont contribute back to the city. In small doses its no big deal, but its getting bigger and bigger via the half dozen or so little bedroom communities you just alluded to.

Its a serious problem and its a growing problem, and something is going to have to happen in the near future to deal with it.

Ok, let's talk more about it.

What sort of "contribution" are you looking for. How is it a negative for Calgary that people work in the city but live in other towns/cities.

What is detrimental about that for Calgary?

Originally Posted by Temporary_User

Isn't that the way almost all other major cities operate though? Calgary is pretty unique where most of the suburbs are part of the actual city.

Tonnes of places are like that/this.

Denver is a good example:

Pop of Denver is around 650,000
Pop Of Metro/Greater Denver is around 3,000,000


I once heard a stat that the City if London increased in population by a couple of million people during the work day (I have no source from this, other than the cockney fella that bought me a pint).

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Given the winter we've had we could have done this:

Crazy big picture

Spoiler please

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Ragz

I live in Airdire, and everytime I walk across the peace bridge downtown I think "boy, I'm glad my money was not wasted on this".......

Wait.

You wish a bridge you use wasn't made?

Not the brightest bulb are you.

[The Ditch]

you guys realise that a lot of these places have amalgamated the suburbs and the city as part of a bigger group, and I wouldn't be shocked if it was because these bedroom communities start deteriorating the city.

[Superflyer]

Originally Posted by underGRADFlame

So to actually use this thread for what I had originally intended… Just found out that Peppercorn's is closed down temporarily while they move to their new location in Bayside. Always felt the old location was a strange place for a restaurant.

Is this the new complex across from the new high school in Prairie Springs? I am curious what is going in there besides the 7-11 and the Royal bank.

[_Q_]

Originally Posted by Superflyer

Is this the new complex across from the new high school in Prairie Springs? I am curious what is going in there besides the 7-11 and the Royal bank.

Probably something super exciting like a Subway or a Domino's Pizza if you're lucky.

[underGRADFlame]

Originally Posted by _Q_

Probably something super exciting like a Subway or a Domino's Pizza if you're lucky.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Ok, let's talk more about it.

What sort of "contribution" are you looking for. How is it a negative for Calgary that people work in the city but live in other towns/cities.

What is detrimental about that for Calgary?

Tonnes of places are like that/this.

Denver is a good example:

Pop of Denver is around 650,000
Pop Of Metro/Greater Denver is around 3,000,000


I once heard a stat that the City if London increased in population by a couple of million people during the work day (I have no source from this, other than the cockney fella that bought me a pint).

You know what else is a great example? Detroit.

Its a fairly simple concept: People cannot reap benefit and use the resources of Point A to then simply to take those benefits away from Point A and apply them to Point B.

Its an unsustainable model over the long-term for Point A.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Locke

You know what else is a great example? Detroit.

Its a fairly simple concept: People cannot reap benefit and use the resources of Point A to then simply to take those benefits away from Point A and apply them to Point B.

Its an unsustainable model over the long-term for Point A.

A rise in suburban population was not the only reason for the decline in Detroit.

New York, seems to be doing ok, as do other cities.

What sort of "contribution" are you looking for. How is it a negative for Calgary that people work in the city but live in other towns/cities.

What is detrimental about that for Calgary?

[REDVAN]

Drove from my parking spot (5 min walk from my office) to my future house in Airdrie at 11am today. Took 23 minutes.

At rush hour that should be 40mins in good weather.

How long is the commute to Legacy in the south, or Silverado... how about Mackenzie Towne?

If you want new for less than a $MIL, you live far away.

[Ragz]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Wait.

You wish a bridge you use wasn't made?

Not the brightest bulb are you.

Wow, now that's reading between the lines... who said anything about not being made, also, I don't use it. Maybe you should check your own bulb... It is quite inflated.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Ragz

Wow, now that's reading between the lines... who said anything about not being made, also, I don't use it. Maybe you should check your own bulb... It is quite inflated.

The school system in Airdrie has failed you:

Originally Posted by Ragz

"I live in Airdire, and everytime [sic] I walk across the peace bridge downtown I think "boy, I'm glad my money was not wasted on this"......."

It sounds like you've used it.

[Ragz]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

The school system in Airdrie has failed you:



It sounds like you've used it.

Ok, Ok, you got me I have used the bridge; However, I do not rely on, depend on, or use on a daily, monthly, or yearly basis.

As for the school system, you are correct, it did fail me. Thanks for pointing that out.

Love the personal attacks.

[jayswin]

lol. Calls MMF and makes fun of him for reading comprehension, saying he never said he uses the bridge, then admits that he did in fact say he used the bridge.

On top of that, tries to burn MMF by saying he should check his own bulb, because it's quite inflated. Whatever that means.

And as a final fail, he lives in Airdrie.