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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
Because most people have long considered Calgary to look much larger than it, mainly because of the overall size of the skyline. The metro area isn't even far off of 2 million while I've even heard people say it looks as large or larger than Denver which is a metro area of twice its size. And virtually no metro area of 2 million has that number of large 150+m office towers. So I'd agree that saying it's just now "starting" to look like a city that close to its actual size seems harsh. But perhaps it's true in terms of inner city residential density.
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I'd agree, Calgary looks to be 5 to 6 million when compared to American cities. It's really quite impressive.
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Originally Posted by Pavlov
Out of curiosity, can anyone think of a North American metro >3 million with an inner city that looks bigger/denser than Calgary's. The only ones I can think of that are even arguable are Ottawa and Portland. And I don't think the arguments are that strong.
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Ottawa's height restrictions Downtown have formed a very different city. The core is very dense with dozens of blocks of 300ish foot towers, so that lack of variety and height makes it look smaller than it is, compared to Calgary.
What Ottawa has that Calgary doesn't is tower clusters well outside of Downtown.
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