As a current resident of Lethbridge, I'd be thrilled if Calgary and Lethbridge were linked by rail.

Wow, I kinda figured Second Cup had gone out of business. I can't remember the last time I saw one, all their stores seems to have closed over the last 10 years

That's good news. I think I'd like the city to follow U/D's model and just sell individual parcels to different developers. I think that would help things move much quicker. Also, if I recall correctly some of that land is slotted for pretty high densities. Given the current market I think it...

Yeah I'm also looking to move back to Calgary in the next year or two and my eyes start watering every time I think about rent 😮‍💨 I used to share a 4 bedroom duplex for $1300/m (total). Now I'll be looking at $1700/m+ for a 2bdr apartment. Ouch. As much as I love the growth Calgary is seeing...

It blows my mind that that many people could arrive in Calgary and there be any housing inventory left at all. I mean how on earth did potentially 100,000 people find places to live? I seriously hope developers can ramp up housing construction to keep up with this pase of growth.

I wouldn't say that North Hill mall had died or is dying. I grew up really close by and the reality is it's always been a pretty boring mall but it's generally made up of the kind of businesses that cater to daily needs, i.e. hair salons/barbers, banks, some select clothing stores, a grocery...

I actually work for an arborist and I have to say that needing a permit to remove trees is a dumb idea. We do a lot of work in a community where permits are needed to remove trees and it's literally dumb how much bureaucracy is involved just to remove a dead or dangerous tree. That being said...

I'd also say function over form. It's easier to give a building with good bones a facelift than build a new urban fabric from scratch.

Wow. 504 new units in Mardaloop. That's some pretty serious density!

I personally would love to see Calgary connected by rail to Airdrie, Okotoks and Cochrane.

What I appreciate seeing in those numbers is a much healthier distribution of housing types. Toronto and Vancouver are almost entirely apartments whereas Calgary has a good mix of housing types i.e. the "missing middle"

I didn't really have much of one to begin with given I only finished university last April. But honestly it's a big enough city with enough industries that I can't imagine most careers having too hard a time finding work.

I made the move to Lethbridge last year, largely because of the cost of living. Unfortunately for most young people I think the choice is between being a homeowner in a small town/city or renting in a major metro. That being said, I'm loving being a homeowner and there's no way I could ever...

Yeah I'm pretty convinced that the only thing that will restore housing prices to some sense of affordability is a nasty prolonged recession. The supply & demand gap is just waaaay to big for costs to go down and even if we flooded the market with new housing, at best I suspect prices would just...

I believe they had similar plans for linking up Sarcee N & S but those never materialized. It seems odd to me that it basically took 50 or 60 years to get another direct route from the NW to the SW. I guess at the end of the day I'd rather have Crowchild and Stoney as the only two proper...