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Originally Posted by flar
I was in Regina for work, it's quite a nice city, I plan to post three Regina tours. Calgary was just a stop on my flight. I made sure I got a flight through Calgary just so I could get a few shots.
Those are recent subdivisions built on farm fields. Regina's older areas have tons of trees because of a concerted effort to beautify the relatively treeless landscape of the Prairies. Most of Regina's older areas are lined with beautiful mature Elm trees. I'm not sure those newer subdivisions in the GTA and Calgary will ever have large mature trees because the development practices have such a negative impact on soil.
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I see. So you stopped in Calgary just to take pictures? That's the spirit! I would do the same on my travels to see Philadelphia Eagles road trips, but I can't afford to lose more time to make money.
As far as the sprawl goes, Ontario sprawl also seems to be built so compact that there's no room to grow trees later. The density is nice, but the trade-off is that you can't fit much nature in. Even more sprawling subdivisions with acres of land for each house have the benefit that in 50 years, trees will have grown back (to the extent that the owners allow) and increased in size to provide some nice cover.