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Originally Posted by 240glt
Here in Edmonton we had a condo in the downtown and a house on the periphery of downtown and while we enjoyed both those places they both had a lot of issues. The condo in McKay had a LOT of riff raff around and the inner city house was close to a fairly notorious strip. We've since moved across the river from downtown into a mature suburb and love it. easy access to work and amenities without having to deal with the BS of living downtown. being in our mid 40's now we value different things, like having no shared walls, a nice back yard, a garage and room for our dogs.
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You've highlighted an important foundational point here that I think some have tried to reinforce in the past but others choose to ignore. That point is, it depends on where you are in life, and if you have a family with young children. The Beltline in Calgary, and some areas in Edmonton, are not ideal for families with young children, and while they do exist in those contexts', they are relatively few and far between.
Continuing on the above train of thought, while built environment and access to services for the aged seem to map closely to single life, reality is, the social contexts required are different, and as our population continues to age, I wonder what will result for the older extreme of society. It doesn't make sense to isolate, rather keeping within proximity to family is likely important. If they are alone, while it may seem putting them right in the central mix makes sense, they actually become hermits within their buildings, and do not engage with the outside world. Those restaurants and services become marketing, but the actual access is not there because of the other things happening down at surface level.
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