02-08-2017, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
... Airdrie is a city.  |
Airdrie is a speedbump with bedrooms.
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02-08-2017, 02:03 PM
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Isn't the purpose of it to measure the amount of people who use the city for services and infrastructure?
If it is within the commutershed, then I think it should count towards the metropolitan population. That is how I look at it anyway. I am guessing that Airdrie certainly depends on Calgary for existing (for the most part anyway).
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02-08-2017, 02:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Isn't the purpose of it to measure the amount of people who use the city for services and infrastructure?
If it is within the commutershed, then I think it should count towards the metropolitan population. That is how I look at it anyway. I am guessing the Airdrie certainly depends on Calgary for existing (for the most part anyway).
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I dont think you need a caveat for that. Remove Calgary and Airdrie isnt a thing.
Thats why its called a 'parasite' community.
Every parasite needs a host.
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02-08-2017, 02:19 PM
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Come on now. There's 20km of highway between Calgary and Airdrie. There's 100 feet of river between Gatineau and Ottawa proper. That's not comparable, it would be like suggesting that Calgary wasn't a part of the same metro area as Bridgeland.
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02-08-2017, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Come on now. There's 20km of highway between Calgary and Airdrie. There's 100 feet of river between Gatineau and Ottawa proper. That's not comparable, it would be like suggesting that Calgary wasn't a part of the same metro area as Bridgeland.
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This is true. Also true - I have relatives in the Ottawa valley that have never crossed the river.
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02-08-2017, 02:29 PM
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Well, it's more like 9km from the edge of Calgary to the edge of Airdrie, and a couple hundred metres across the river between Gatineau and Ottawa but they aren't even in the same province. So Nik-'s point stands.
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02-08-2017, 02:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Isn't the purpose of it to measure the amount of people who use the city for services and infrastructure?
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Grants! Census numbers - especially those conduced by municipalities - are used for federal and provincial grants, and also to plan for services, infrastructure and facilities. It looks like an unpopular opinion here but I think 4% is about right and Calgary is growing way too fast. High growth is not a contest you want to win.
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02-08-2017, 06:27 PM
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Gotta wonder when Cochrane and Okotoks will apply for City status, they are way bigger than Chestermere which just did.
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02-08-2017, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Lubicon
Gotta wonder when Cochrane and Okotoks will apply for City status, they are way bigger than Chestermere which just did.
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Likely no time soon. For better or worse, Cochrane hasn't because then it's the province that takes care of the two major roads through it.
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02-08-2017, 06:59 PM
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Way to go Calgary! Didn't it used to be 4th before the Ottawa Gatineau merger or was Edmonton slightly larger back then?
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02-08-2017, 08:24 PM
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If you extrapolate the growth rate Alberta will be larger than BC in 2028.
Once that happens I think we should turn into a bully and start taking territory from them.
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02-08-2017, 08:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GP_Matt
If you extrapolate the growth rate Alberta will be larger than BC in 2028.
Once that happens I think we should turn into a bully and start taking territory from them.
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Why wait?
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02-08-2017, 09:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lubicon
Gotta wonder when Cochrane and Okotoks will apply for City status, they are way bigger than Chestermere which just did.
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Okotoks has over 28,000 people and has been growing like mad the past year. So good chance they are close to or over 30,000 now.
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02-08-2017, 09:09 PM
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02-09-2017, 12:12 AM
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Fun fact - if you took just the population of our city's growth over the last 15 years, it would be the 12th largest city in Canada (~441,000).
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02-09-2017, 09:25 AM
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I have nothing to add except that I was in NJ and saw a Jeep with a license plate TROUTMAN and had a graphic of a trout. Thought about CP troutman and chuckled.
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02-09-2017, 09:53 AM
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"When I was your age Midnapore was Okotoks, the airport was Airdrie, a cow named Melinda lived in a field where Chinook Center is, and there was nothing west of town except Indians". Grandma WTF. Always good for some perspective.
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02-09-2017, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Likely no time soon. For better or worse, Cochrane hasn't because then it's the province that takes care of the two major roads through it.
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Would that not be a reason to apply for City charter?
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02-09-2017, 03:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lubicon
Would that not be a reason to apply for City charter?
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The province looks after provincial highways for towns but as cities you're paying. That's why many towns delay applying for city status.
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