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Old 07-12-2014, 11:27 AM   #61
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What's funny, however is how many Calgary residents don't visit the mountains, even once a year.
That I just don't understand. A former co-worker who had lived in Calgary his entire life went to Banff for the first time in his mid-20s. It just boggled my mind.

IMO the access to outdoors stuff (well, mountains, not watersports) is the biggest draw to Calgary and the main reason I prefer to call it home. Talking to guys on the chairlift at Kicking Horse who woke up at 4am to make a day ski trip just depresses me to think about.
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Old 07-12-2014, 03:30 PM   #62
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Look forward to when Calgary hits 2 million. It's a great size for a city. I feel like it's when that true big city feel and vibe really takes hold.
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That I just don't understand. A former co-worker who had lived in Calgary his entire life went to Banff for the first time in his mid-20s. It just boggled my mind.
The mountains are always there. They can be visited any time. Thus they're taken for granted and not visited often by some. I'm sure there's a similar demographic in locales with other natural attractions.
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I'd prefer Calgary to stop growing. I know it's not going to happen but it's fine the way it is. Growth will bring more negatives than positives IMO.
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I'd prefer Calgary to stop growing. I know it's not going to happen but it's fine the way it is. Growth will bring more negatives than positives IMO.
Meh, lots of people said that when we were under 1 mil, including me. Positives almost always outweigh the negatives when cities grow. Think of calgary in 1998 and calgary now, it's twice the city, it's twice as awesome, and that trend will continue as our population grows.

To stop growing is a ridiculous thing to wish for in an amazing, forward thinking city like calgary.
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Meh, lots of people said that when we were under 1 mil, including me. Positives almost always outweigh the negatives when cities grow. Think of calgary in 1998 and calgary now, it's twice the city, it's twice as awesome, and that trend will continue as our population grows.

To stop growing is a ridiculous thing to wish for in an amazing, forward thinking city like calgary.
I think growth is ok as long as its slow & steady. Major population jumps like what we see during a boom just put crazy pressure on the infrastructure. People debate about the ring road but it should have been completed 10-15 years ago.

Growth can be positive as long as tax dollars are properly managed and put towards schools, infrastructure as needed
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I moved away from Calgary in 95 and have came back at least once every 2-3 yrs and every time after about 2004 it seems like a new city to me. A different vibe each time. A good vibe.
It's the only city that I've been to, I've been to Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal, that I could live in. The rest just don't have the same feel
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I moved away from Calgary in 95 and have came back at least once every 2-3 yrs and every time after about 2004 it seems like a new city to me. A different vibe each time. A good vibe.
It's the only city that I've been to, I've been to Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal, that I could live in. The rest just don't have the same feel
Toronto is probably the only other major city in Canada I could live in, I enjoyed my one visit there. There's lots of great cities in the US I could see myself living in if that country wasn't so behind the rest of the developed world in so many ways (healthcare, gun control, social programs, etc). Honestly though Calgary might be the perfect city if it wasn't for our weather, only having 2-3 months of the year where it's nice outside really sucks
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I thought people chose Edmonton because they won 5 Stanley cups and you can wear sweat pants and dress shoes to the mall.
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Calgary might be the perfect city if it wasn't for our weather, only having 2-3 months of the year where it's nice outside really sucks
I actually enjoy the winters in the Calgary area. Outdoor hockey, tobogganing, snowshoeing, skiing.
The list is endless. Maybe look past the slush on McLeod Tr or downtown.
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Look forward to when Calgary hits 2 million. It's a great size for a city. I feel like it's when that true big city feel and vibe really takes hold.
Have you been to Denver? I have always pictured Denver as a giant Calgary. However, I could be wrong...
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Denver is similar to a large Calgary in many ways, but I hope we never end up like that. Denver and it's suburbs are a spread out disaster.
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I actually enjoy the winters in the Calgary area. Outdoor hockey, tobogganing, snowshoeing, skiing.
The list is endless. Maybe look past the slush on McLeod Tr or downtown.
I like winter too, I'd just like it to end at a reasonable time like March instead of late May. The March-May timeframe is just a terrible time to be in the city, as the temperature fluctuations and wild changes in weather make it extremely hard to do anything outside, and the city is stuck being brown and ugly until June comes
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Denver is similar to a large Calgary in many ways, but I hope we never end up like that. Denver and it's suburbs are a spread out disaster.
But Calgary's suburbs are too. Calgary has a very low density population and continues to sprawl semi-uncontrolled. Look at the NW from 10 years ago until today. I couldn't imagine what Calgary would look like with 2 million people if the current model of growth is still kept up.

An alternative is researching ways to build sustainably up and focus on redeveloping existing neighbourhoods closer to the city centre that already have city services in place and creating the incentives (new schools, recreational centres, parks, big residence spaces) that people get in the suburbs. If the city continues to build outwards, in thirty years time we could be talking about the second ring road that will solve all the traffic problems that the first ring road didn't see coming. It's a never-ending cycle.
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I can see Calgary annexing Airdrie in 20 years.
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But Calgary's suburbs are too. Calgary has a very low density population and continues to sprawl semi-uncontrolled. Look at the NW from 10 years ago until today. I couldn't imagine what Calgary would look like with 2 million people if the current model of growth is still kept up.

An alternative is researching ways to build sustainably up and focus on redeveloping existing neighbourhoods closer to the city centre that already have city services in place and creating the incentives (new schools, recreational centres, parks, big residence spaces) that people get in the suburbs. If the city continues to build outwards, in thirty years time we could be talking about the second ring road that will solve all the traffic problems that the first ring road didn't see coming. It's a never-ending cycle.
Unfortunately, the incentives that people get in the suburbs are a yard and 2000sq for under a million dollars. I don't know how you make up for that. Most people in Calgary feel that a big house and yard are their god given right.

Personally, I'd rather live in a cheaper townhouse within walking distance to a ctrain station, and use the extra money I save in transportation and housing costs to travel or retire early, but I'm well aware 98% of Calgarians with kids don't feel the same way as me.

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But Calgary's suburbs are too. Calgary has a very low density population and continues to sprawl semi-uncontrolled. Look at the NW from 10 years ago until today. I couldn't imagine what Calgary would look like with 2 million people if the current model of growth is still kept up.

An alternative is researching ways to build sustainably up and focus on redeveloping existing neighbourhoods closer to the city centre that already have city services in place and creating the incentives (new schools, recreational centres, parks, big residence spaces) that people get in the suburbs. If the city continues to build outwards, in thirty years time we could be talking about the second ring road that will solve all the traffic problems that the first ring road didn't see coming. It's a never-ending cycle.
Have you been to Denver? They're not even in the same ballpark.
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There are simply too many people and too much traffic in Calgary. It takes a half hour to get somewhere, when it used to take 5 minutes.
This makes no sense to me, population wise we are almost the same.

Anyway the Edmonton hate so petty and old, I am a proud Calgarian but I think Edmonton is great too. Different vibe, but similar in other ways. Each city complements the other IMO. Would be lame if they were both the same. Hate the Oilers, but not as much as the Canucks. :P

Calgary at 2 million + will be awesome. Its just starting to get a big city vibe in the past few years. We are at a threshold right now, its exciting. Watching all construction and the transformation in the east village etc is awesome. Now we just need to replace that dump McMahon and get a new Arena.

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Unfortunately, the incentives that people get in the suburbs are a yard and 2000sq for under a million dollars. I don't know how you make up for that. Most people in Calgary feel that a big house and yard are their god given right.

Personally, I'd rather live in a cheaper townhouse within walking distance to a ctrain station, and use the extra money I save in transportation and housing costs to travel or retire early, but I'm well aware 98% of Calgarians with kids don't feel the same way as me.



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