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A more useful chart would be which cities the migrants went to in Alberta. A map would be great to see or the raw data.Unreal.
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Agree. I would love to see a detailed breakdown of how many people fled to which cities in the province. I would also be really curious to see how many moved to the mid to smaller sized cities in Alberta.A more useful chart would be which cities the migrants went to in Alberta. A map would be great to see or the raw data.
The next national census is definitely going to be very interesting.Agree. I would love to see a detailed breakdown of how many people fled to which cities in the province. I would also be really curious to see how many moved to the mid to smaller sized cities in Alberta.
Agreed. On the other hand, things are not that much different from Calgary, and yet they manage to do a MUCH better job than we do. We also prioritize our resources very poorly, in that regards.Thing with Toronto is that it has more money for a smaller geographic area to maintain and also has a much milder climate, so it’s WAY easier to maintain infrastructure to a higher standard than here. We have a lot going against us in that regard.
Couldn't agree more. Funny thing is that this was one of her questions to me, when I mentioned this forum as a source of good debate with like-minded people: "so what CAN we do to change something?"first it is really up to all of us to make it better, however we can, including the person who moved here.
But even on that front... Not so long ago, the disparity in revenue (and GDP, household income, etc) was a lot smaller.For all the handwringing and calls for us to make Edmonton better, I think it is worth acknowledging that Calgary has revenues that were about $700 million greater than Edmonton in 2022. There's many reasons for that disparity, but when it comes down to it better infrastructure and improved maintenance is mostly about money.
Lots has changed since the last census, but aside from the Edmonton and Calgary CMA's, pretty much everywhere else in the last census saw very little or no growth in population which is a big problem if the goal of the province really is 10 million people.Agree. I would love to see a detailed breakdown of how many people fled to which cities in the province. I would also be really curious to see how many moved to the mid to smaller sized cities in Alberta.
I've known lots of young people who, once they've gotten to a point where they can leave Edmonton, they've chose to move to Calgary, and the main reason they always state isn't because of the cities job market or because its a nicer city or it's run better etc. They almost always say its because its less than an hour from the mountains.
There's definitely a compounding effect with having more young people move to Calgary in terms of economics and the vibrancy of the city that's widening the gap between them and us, but in my opinion the biggest advantage Calgary will always have over Edmonton is having the mountains on their doorstep.