Urban Canada: Why do people gravitate to the south end of their respective cities?

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Originally Posted by BlackDog204

It's arguably more pronounced in Calgary. Have you seen the South East? It's completely mushroomed in the past 20 years.

?? Not really. Tons of development going up in the north. Especially the northwest.

Calgary seems more biased towards the west as opposed to the east than any north-south pattern. I suppose people want to be closer to the mountains, plus the topography is more interesting on the west side.

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