How does Calgary stack up to other North American cities? - Page 8

HomeInMyShoes · #**141** Posted **Nov 29, 2007, 2:33 PM**

Hey AylmerLover. I can understand the growth statement on some levels. Once a city hits a certain size it's not that it stops growing, but that it doesn't feel like it's growing anymore. If you added 20,000 people to Regina you'd feel a difference. Add 20,000 or even 200,000 to New York and it would just feel like everday life. Add another half million to Tokyo and the fabric barely changes. Sure there might be a few more tall buildings in some areas and a few more suburbs, but the vibe and feel is unchanged. I can totally see that. Especially in larger cities where one's day to day life is lived in only a small section of the city, your local street fabric could remain unchanged and you really could be completely isolated from feeling the growth.

And, my cat is from Aylmer, QC. If she had been a boy we would have named her Lucien (our little separatist kitty), but as a girl, we named her Maple for the trees in Eastern Canada.

Aylmer · #**142** Posted **Nov 29, 2007, 3:10 PM**

I guess... but if you look at the stats, NYC grew dramaticly from 1900 to 1980 and then it seems to slow down. a lot.

begratto · #**143** Posted **Nov 29, 2007, 3:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by ScottFromCalgary

I think maybe he was confusing all large cities with Ottawa and Montreal.

Montreal's population increases by 40K per year and is now 3.6M.

Check you facts next time.

noodlenoodle · #**144** Posted **Nov 29, 2007, 3:22 PM**

9.4% growth over a decade is slow? That's 700,000 people in 10 years! That's half the metro Ottawa population added to NYC between 1990 and 2000. That's glacial growth right there.

Aylmer · #**145** Posted **Nov 29, 2007, 3:25 PM**

Oi!

Pavlov · #**146** Posted **Nov 29, 2007, 3:27 PM**

Except that maga-cities all over the world (Lagos, Shanghai, Beijing, Delhi etc) are growing by a million people a year or more.

Aylmer · #**147** Posted **Nov 29, 2007, 3:31 PM**

All the cities mentioned are in the two most populated countries...
and they're developing so people are moving from the countryside to the city!

No wonder!
cities in Canada depend mostly on international migration.

Pavlov · #**148** Posted **Nov 29, 2007, 3:44 PM**

So maybe you want to reconsider your theory that once cities reach a certain size they stop growing?

Aylmer · #**149** Posted **Nov 29, 2007, 3:51 PM**

I was already corrected.
and it's not realative to a general size but every city seems to have it's limit...