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Originally Posted by biguc
NOOOOOOO!
If the exurbs want to build unsustainable, third-world level serviced sprawl, that's their lookout. We're already stuck paying for the sprawl we have, why would we ever want to take on more? The damage is done; let the RMs and province deal with that mess. And we don't need pseudo-rural types voting on issues in the city, either.
I don't want de-amalgamation, but I often believe we'd be better off if it never happened.
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With annexation of outlying areas, Winnipeg would gain huge swaths of land but relatively little population... it's not like Rosser and Tache would suddenly begin calling the shots if they were part of the city. It would be a nice way to nip serious sprawl in the bud.