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Originally Posted by someone123
Calgary has really been improving in recent years but I don't feel like it's commensurate with the rapid growth of the metro area, meaning that the suburbs expand even faster than the central areas improve. Another issue is that LRT development there got bogged down due to politics. But I think in the long run it will end up improving a lot, and it's impressive how functional the infrastructure is there given all the growth. I don't go to Edmonton as much and haven't been to Ottawa in ages so won't comment on them.
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No, it hasn't been commensurate, The city is 2.5x bigger than when I moved there as a teenager, but it's not 2.5x livelier.
However, it seems like the pace of inner-city residential construction has increased in the past several years, and I think the city is approaching more of a real step-change in its overall level of vibrancy. I think the Calgary of 2030 will feel
substantially more vibrant than the Calgary of 2025, rather than incrementally. (That's the vibe I'm feeling, anyway.)
Edmonton, however, seems like it might actually be going the other way. But I also haven't been there in years, so those are secondhand impressions.
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