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Originally Posted by kw5150
1. Winnipeg does not have much development outside of the Ring Road at all, and I find the downtown is improving.
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Winnipeg has a ton of development outside of the Perimeter (their "Ring Road"). Much of it is in ex-urban communities like Oakbank, the St. Pauls, etc. There are thousands upon thousands of people who live just outside of city limits for the specific purpose of avoiding City property taxes. Winnipeg proper has very high property taxes compared to its surrounding communities and this has been a trend for my entire adult life. Calgary's annexation policies have prevented this for the most part. But just imagine if Cranston residents paid half the property taxes Calgarians did, but everything else was the same (land values, services, etc). The neighbourhood would grow insanely quick.
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The roads in the burbs are not nearly as wide as the roads in Calgary, come to think of it, most roads in winnipeg are much more narrow than ours.
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Absolutely true, although not as narrow as Vancouver's roads. Calgary's lanes themselves are wider in general, not sure if this is a provincial HTA thing or what. One thing worth mentioning is that Winnipeg's roads seem narrower because so much of it is older. With 90% of Calgary being built in the last 20 minutes, every road is built to modern safe standards. Winnipeg, not so much.
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2. Toronto may have been having wildfires? Or is the smog really that bad?
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The first time I truly saw blue sky in Toronto (I'd seen plenty of cloudless days before), people were remarking about how insanely blue the sky was (and making me laugh very hard inside). That day looked like a minorly hazy day in Calgary. It almost never truly is clear outside in Toronto. Most of the time the sky seems to be a dull, faded blue - or worse, almost grey. Again, I'm talking when it's completely cloudless.