The crime rate is definitely a issue and one I wasn't familiar with. I was staying in a hotel just off downtown once and the area looked like the set of a zombi

The crime rate is definitely a issue and one I wasn't familiar with. I was staying in a hotel just off downtown once and the area looked like the set of a zombie flick after 6pm. > Im not defending Calgarys lack of vision and innovation but they are dealing with completely different market dynamics (boom and bust) and environment. They are but at no point has anyone ever tried to address those problems. It was working and the money was coming in so people were happy. Nothing that Calgary and Alberta is going through now is novel or unforeseen. The boom-bust cycle. The dreadful downtown. People could see the fan and the giant pile of shit but no-one thought it was worth planning for it > All in all agree with most of your points, just expanding some of the thoughts. Thanks for helping the discussion along :-)