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Originally Posted by someone123
This is a very abstract line of reasoning.
What stands out to me is that people in Halifax often have a more negative view of the future or of about what's possible or needed infrastructure or development-wise even if the statistics show that the city is growing as much as or more than other cities where the population tends to be much more positive.
For example here in Vancouver it's generally accepted that there's a lot of growth and major infrastructure development is needed. Vancouver is currently growing slower than Halifax is. Vancouver's transit capital investment is probably 10-20x that of Halifax even thought the metro area is more like 6x the population.
This pattern repeats itself over and over in many areas and the general negative bias is more severe than most parts of North America that I've seen. There really is a lingering defeatist mentality.
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Abstract? I feel that i was quite specific in my concerns about monorail proposal in that the large, imposing overhead structures - particularly the stations - would not be a positive addition to the downtown cityscape. Questioning if this is actually the best transit solution compared to alternatives is not being defeatist. If I was suggesting that it was impossible for any higher order transit to be built, then sure. But we're having a discussion about what type of transit would be the best solution. So I don't see how any of this is negative or abstract unless you feel that someone pointing what they consider to be the downsides of any potential plan as being too negative?
Sorry but I'm totally lost lol.
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