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Originally Posted by Colin May
I think an electric ferry is a waste of money. Move jobs to where people live.
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I don’t get the “move things to where people live” argument for decentralizing jobs or services or anything else. People
do live on the peninsula—lots of them. As was discussed on here a few weeks ago, the proportion of Haligonians living on the peninsula actually increased a little between 2016 and 2021, from 5% to 16.5%. It’s the densest population centre, and has the most effective public transportation links to other areas (a direct result of that density), so if you want to put a service, or anything else, within easy reach of the greatest number of Haligonians, the peninsula just about tops the list of potential locations.
You could spread jobs around the city more, but many industries benefit from centralization (which is the whole point of cities in the first place). Further decentralizing a city as small as Halifax would be a great way to siphon the liveliness and vitality from it. Fortunately, things seem to be going the other way—the peninsula and central areas in general are gaining relevance, not losing it.