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Originally Posted by curious
Pretty grim. I was in Saint John on King st and market and brunswick square and they have some really nice high end stores. Moncton needs to stop the big box stores and promote independant retail. My friends were shocked at the lack of downtown shopping retail. Any suggestions on what type of retail to open??
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The big box stores will most likely continue being developed because Moncton's suburbs are growing. It's virtually 100% of the city's growth.
In order to get downtown retail there needs to be more downtown residents. Again, Moncton needs tax reform to curb urban sprawl and focus on inward urbanism, which would necessitate sustainable urban planning legislation.
If the Province of New Brunswick was serious about dealing with its deficits, it would engage in sustainable urban planning for all municipalities. This province needs
density. Dealing with deficits would mean the government would have a stronger capacity to invest in job creation.
I'm sick of this province losing people to Halifax, and Central Canada, and Western Canada.
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