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Originally Posted by someone123
People in Atlantic Canada can have pretty narrow horizons, and a lot of them seem to think their cities and towns are doing great even if they don't stack up very well with other places.
Here's a link about Vancouver: http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2012/05/v...n-census-2011/
The downtown population grew by over 26,000 over the past 10 years. Property values there are also extremely high. None of this would be true if nobody wanted to live there.
Lately the most desirable areas attracting the most talent, especially when it comes to younger people, are the ones that offer an urban lifestyle. The inner cities of New York or San Francisco are very desirable and economically successful on a level way beyond anything in Atlantic Canada. It's not really about affordability of the urban lifestyle in these places -- they are just more desirable, period.
Cities like Moncton are so far behind the curve that I think they'll be pretty handicapped when it comes to attracting people and businesses from other regions.
Halifax is lucky that it has inherited some great old buildings and a pedestrian-friendly urban core but it needs a real transit system and more aggressive urban development. |
Thank you for the link!
The last 10 years of downtown growth in Vancouver has been impressive. Having incredible public transit certainly does help! <---And Halifax needs to take note of this.
I've noticed that while politicians in the HRM occasionally compare the city to other municipalities in Atlantic Canada, actual people living in Halifax frequently compare the city to Canada's larger urban centres.
"Halifax has the best public transit in Atlantic Canada" doesn't mean jack to a lot of Halifax's public transit critics.