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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc
Yeah, I agree. I don't think we'll see a downtown (CBD, Chinatown, Eau Claire, EV, WV, and Beltline) population over 100 000 in my lifetime, but we're on track for 50 000 in the near future.
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I dunno. You'd be shocked at how fast momentum towards downtown living can build. Once a tipping point is reached, the gradual move downtown becomes a flood. The tipping point occurs when people look at the downtown core and start viewing it as a hopping, exciting, attractive, safe, vibrant place to live.
Even as recently as 2000, people in Toronto didn't view our core like that. They came downtown to have fun, then went home to the outskirts. Perceptions started to change mid decade, and all of a sudden it seemed like everyone under 30 wanted to live downtown.
Calgary's move downtown will follow a similar path. Once the tipping point is reached, the number of people moving downtown will mushroom. You'll be adding 5,000+/year.
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