Calgary has been named Canada’s most attractive city to migrants, along with Waterloo, Ottawa, Vancouver, St. John’s and Richmond Hill according to a Conference Board of Canada report.“Cities that fail to attract new people will struggle to stay prosperous and vibrant,” said Mario Lefebvre, Director of the Centre for Municipal Studies. “These six cities come out on top across all rankings, so they appear to have an overall winning combination that is attractive to migrants. Although it would be hard to imagine a more diverse group of cities, each has particular strengths that make them magnets to newcomers, both from within Canada and abroad.”
City Magnets II: Benchmarking the Attractiveness of 50 Canadian Cities, analyzed 50 Canadian cities based on 41 indicators including health, economy, environment, society, education, innovation and housing to rank the places most attractive to skilled workers and mobile populations.
Calgary finished first in terms of economy and innovation and second nationally for housing.
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They obviously didn't look at parking costs.
ReplyDeleteNote to City: Nobody wants to go downtown because it's TOO EXPENSIVE, maybe instead of spending so much money on advertising to attract people down there, drop the price so people will come naturally.
Kray-Z, if they drop the price of daytime parking too much, you'll never find anywhere to park because all the spots will be taken by downtown commuters. This will also lead to even more traffic during rush hour.
ReplyDeleteParking on weekends and after 6PM is actually pretty cheap.
@Kray-Z there is more to life than cheap parking. is that the your main criteria for judging a city? strange.
ReplyDeleteThey should charge more for parking as far too many people commute in their gas guzzling SUVs with not even one passenger. Calgary has to end their love affair with the automobile and learn to embrace alternative forms of commuting.
ReplyDeleteThere are a few vocal online complainers in our city who will pick out parking rates or city hall projects or a sinkhole in a road as being major deals, but all in all this is a great city and getting better. Given quality of life in many areas of this world, I'm sure it looks pretty great to many new arrivals. I welcome them all.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Anonymous 5:15. Less cars = more pedestrians = better city.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever rode the LRT when it is 35 above or waited for the LRT when it is 35 below?
ReplyDeleteCalgary must shed its frontier town mentality and join the 21st century - leave your cars at home! Every day as I wait for my bus I am disgusted by the number of Single-Occupant vehicles heading into/out of downtown.
ReplyDeleteRestore free parking at C train stations and charge more downtown. Get people out of the Automobile. I ride 3 times a week to work all year, if I can do it so can you.
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