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Originally Posted by twoNeurons
For example, as much as Downtown is alive after 5PM, if you look at some areas of the CBD, they are dead. If our CBD was a lot bigger and contained more of the jobs, wouldn't that create more open dead spaces after 5pm?
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If the CBD is allowed to grow upward, then I don't think this will be an issue. The CBD can grow through densification rather than sprawl. It is the same argument that we apply to residences in Vancouver. Greater density would lead to diversity and vibrancy for a CBD just like for a residential district.
Is it really likely that the downtown peninsula would remain a desirable place to live if most of the jobs were located elsewhere? Transit is great, but even better is having a population that needs no transit at all. Work-live-play goes out the window if the jobs are not co-located with residence. Remember that we plan to build high density neighbourhoods near those other job centers; presumably so that people will live-work-play in those places as well.
I don't think it is desirable we cram lots of people into one peninsula and then spread their jobs across the region. We need a healthy high-density CBD downtown.
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