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back in like 2017 there was a light up giant playground in the quarters I forgot what it was but it had illumated large see saws and swings and there was a ton of ppl there we should have something like that again. Above all, in these dark winter nights ppl need LIGHT! beautiful lights at that and ppl will come.
As someone who works downtown and is here every day, there is a fairly steady number of people coming downtown currently during the day now for work, various meetings and appointments. It is probably not yet at the same level as pre COVID, but it is a fairly decent level of activity. I also judge it by the nearby paid parking lots, some of which are back to being nearly full.
Yup. I’m in full agreement here. Walking around DT daytime, there’s a decent amount of activity. I’d argue Friday night is also quite busy now.
Basically just a lot of comments about “poor people”, certain “types” of people (racism), and whining about how transit loses money and users should pay more. Whining about bike lanes. Making excuses that “why patrol downtown when all the liberal lovers down there want us defunded”. Stuff like that.
Oilers making the playoffs every year as long as possible is honestly the biggest boost I can see us realistically securing. Getting 20-30k people downtown 4 times every 2 weeks in that awkward transition season from winter to summer is so helpful.
I'm not the most handsome fella but this is just disrespectful.
#4 and #9 are particularly important, and I think really an extension of #2. Having a good variety of goods and services nearby is part of the amenities which makes a downtown liveable. On this score alone ours fails.
It has been mentioned before that Calgary has more permanent shelter spaces than Edmonton, despite homelessness being a bigger issue in Edmonton.
I do not think policing is the solution downtown, this is largely because of how bad police are at doing their jobs of protecting person and property compared to mall security guards. I do think levels of community policing, some of which may be considered vigilantism by too many (I wouldn't), may be needed. I know this conflicts with the temperament of many people that move to an urban area, but being more vigilant, calling people out that are throwing trash on the ground, holding all people up to basic standards when they're in public, are good things. I think to many this may come off as bullying, degrading people, uncompassionate, etc. I don't think that is the case, I have basic expectations of people living around us.
I think YEG is 1/3 of total shelter space Calgary has.
Why would the current Alberta government want to fix this? That would be the political equivalent of the NDP fighting/posturing against a federal gun ban. Many UCP supporters laugh and smile about the homelessness situation in urban areas.
