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Originally Posted by jawagord

Interesting critique on the possible costs of Calgary's push to increase core density. Higher housing costs, higher transportation costs, longer commutes, inpediments to new businesses in calgary's future? I think the author is saying Mr. Nenshi "you got some splainin to do"!

http://www.policyschool.ucalgary.ca/site...rch/calgary-spatial-structure-arnott.pdf

Unfortunately, I think the author's lack of actual knowledge of the local context hurt the analysis. You go through the document and you find yourself saying "nope, that's not really true" over and over.

Some of the basic premises that drive the analysis and assertions are simply incorrect.