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Originally Posted by Echoes
It's interesting that Calgary's "ghetto" is so decidedly rooted in a postwar area. Strip malls and bungalows.
If you look at the other major prairie cities - Edmonton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina - their counterparts seem to be centered in much older, more central parts of town.
What was it about Forest Lawn that caused it to degrade so relatively quickly?
In Saskatoon's case, gentrification has slowly been pushing this "part of town" westward out of its Riversdale base and increasingly into first generation suburban neighbourhoods much like Forest Lawn.
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Good point, I always thought that was one of the more peculiar aspects of Calgary relative to other prairie cities. I suppose there is probably just a lot less old housing stock available to degrade... right up until the 60s Calgary was a pretty small city with a small downtown. I'm sure development of downtown and adjacent areas (Beltline, Kensington, etc.) probably took out a lot of that old housing stock.
But yes, being a Winnipegger I think subliminally associate pre-WWI working class areas with a certain sketchiness... post-WWII suburbs have been generally mid to upmarket. But that is changing here too... there are some 60s and 70s suburbs that are starting to become rougher around the edges.
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