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Originally Posted by ericmacm
I don’t think Winnipeg will have much problems getting to 1M+. Ideally I would like to see more dense urban residential development occurring in/near downtown (there is also tons of mid-high density development in the suburbs which is nice to see), as well as greater investment into Rapid Transit, but there is still plenty of undeveloped land within the Perimeter Highway that will likely take Winnipeg past 1M before it runs out.
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Having lived in both cities, Winnipeg is very similar to Edmonton. Both provincial capitals, working class, left-leaning compared to the rest of their provinces, and demographic makeup (Ukrainians, Filipino, First Nations, etc).
From my own observation, unlike Calgary, both Winnipeg and Edmonton residents are wary of the innrer city, and in the case of Edmonton, will often make it clear to others that they live in places like St.Albert, Leduc, Sherwood Park, etc).
Winnipeg is pretty much the same way, with a significant percentage of people who can afford to do so, leaving Winnipeg behind to inhabit it's satellite communities like East St Paul, West St Paul, Headingley, Stonewall, etc. I've seen relatively small towns like Beaumont, Stony Plain, and Leduc mushroom in size since people prefer to be away from the city.
I hope that changes, but in Winnipeg's case, the push to leave the city is accelorating, judging by population figures of the surrounding towns, and municipalities.
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