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Cause i think theres a general majority on this forum that support high density knowing how bad and lifeless Calgary can look with the current 70's and 80's layout. I mean once you go visit some other higher denser cities that have so much more vibrancy and street life, you kind of come back to Calgary and think what am I doing in this depressing town. Now in no way am I showing hate to Calgary and I'm saying this with a tough love attitude. We have the highest incomes in Canada, cleanliest city in the world, one of the highest GDP per capitas in the world, plus 5th most livable city in the world but the one thing that just kills this city is the density. Thats something we know as city we need to fix. I'm quite frankly sick and tired of friends/family coming from Vancouver or Toronto calling Calgary a ghost town and boring and its kind of hard to argue otherwise, so like I said it's showing the city some tough love because I really care about how are city leaves mark on a global scale. Right now Calgary really doesn't look like a city outside the core area, it just looks like a bunch of suburbs glued together. This city grew so fast past 1 million that many Calgarians still approach this city with town mindset. I was reading a survey done this week on youth friendly cities and Calgary absolutely bombed the list, not only were all the Canadian cities lacking compared to other cites around the world but cities like Ottawa did better than us. Especially when I talk to my age group, 20-30, practically all of them would prefer a denser vibrant city, thats one way of retaining younger folks to a city. Now I don't wanna get started on the whole property taxes and development issues as the other problem of urban sprawl but I hope that explains why a huge amount of people here advocate for higher density projects. IMO, I've always thought of it this way, if you can't accustom to an every growing city thats accommodating more denser living than maybe the city isn't for you and you should look to settle in neighbouring towns/cities like okotoks, airdrie etc. Of course this a free society so everyones always entitled to having their own opinions and views but you could always just join us
Cause i think theres a general majority on this forum that support high density knowing how bad and lifeless Calgary can look with the current 70's and 80's layout. I mean once you go visit some other higher denser cities that have so much more vibrancy and street life, you kind of come back to Calgary and think what am I doing in this depressing town. Now in no way am I showing hate to Calgary and I'm saying this with a tough love attitude. We have the highest incomes in Canada, cleanliest city in the world, one of the highest GDP per capitas in the world, plus 5th most livable city in the world but the one thing that just kills this city is the density. Thats something we know as city we need to fix. I'm quite frankly sick and tired of friends/family coming from Vancouver or Toronto calling Calgary a ghost town and boring and its kind of hard to argue otherwise, so like I said it's showing the city some tough love because I really care about how are city leaves mark on a global scale. Right now Calgary really doesn't look like a city outside the core area, it just looks like a bunch of suburbs glued together. This city grew so fast past 1 million that many Calgarians still approach this city with town mindset. I was reading a survey done this week on youth friendly cities and Calgary absolutely bombed the list, not only were all the Canadian cities lacking compared to other cites around the world but cities like Ottawa did better than us. Especially when I talk to my age group, 20-30, practically all of them would prefer a denser vibrant city, thats one way of retaining younger folks to a city. Now I don't wanna get started on the whole property taxes and development issues as the other problem of urban sprawl but I hope that explains why a huge amount of people here advocate for higher density projects. IMO, I've always thought of it this way, if you can't accustom to an every growing city thats accommodating more denser living than maybe the city isn't for you and you should look to settle in neighbouring towns/cities like okotoks, airdrie etc. Of course this a free society so everyones always entitled to having their own opinions and views but you could always just join us
Well Said.Cause i think theres a general majority on this forum that support high density knowing how bad and lifeless Calgary can look with the current 70's and 80's layout. I mean once you go visit some other higher denser cities that have so much more vibrancy and street life, you kind of come back to Calgary and think what am I doing in this depressing town. Now in no way am I showing hate to Calgary and I'm saying this with a tough love attitude. We have the highest incomes in Canada, cleanliest city in the world, one of the highest GDP per capitas in the world, plus 5th most livable city in the world but the one thing that just kills this city is the density. Thats something we know as city we need to fix. I'm quite frankly sick and tired of friends/family coming from Vancouver or Toronto calling Calgary a ghost town and boring and its kind of hard to argue otherwise, so like I said it's showing the city some tough love because I really care about how are city leaves mark on a global scale. Right now Calgary really doesn't look like a city outside the core area, it just looks like a bunch of suburbs glued together. This city grew so fast past 1 million that many Calgarians still approach this city with town mindset. I was reading a survey done this week on youth friendly cities and Calgary absolutely bombed the list, not only were all the Canadian cities lacking compared to other cites around the world but cities like Ottawa did better than us. Especially when I talk to my age group, 20-30, practically all of them would prefer a denser vibrant city, thats one way of retaining younger folks to a city. Now I don't wanna get started on the whole property taxes and development issues as the other problem of urban sprawl but I hope that explains why a huge amount of people here advocate for higher density projects. IMO, I've always thought of it this way, if you can't accustom to an every growing city thats accommodating more denser living than maybe the city isn't for you and you should look to settle in neighbouring towns/cities like okotoks, airdrie etc. Of course this a free society so everyones always entitled to having their own opinions and views but you could always just join us
