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Nathan Hawryluk
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Husband, Father. I should be writing a thesis on Soviet Hydrocarbon Statecraft, 1955-1970 @cmsscalgary
Oct 1, 2021 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
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Let's talk about this video's claim that we can "modernize City Hall's planning policies" and have "housing choice" while "stand[ing] up for single family zoning."
#YYCPlan #YYCVote First, here's Calgary's R-1 zoning. In most of town (in orange), you can only build detached homes without Council approving a land use change. Our default doesn't allow much housing choice.

Now, let's talk about the ratio between the improvement (building) value and land value. A map of Calgary showing the lots on which only a detached h
Dec 5, 2020 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
This happens if you build more infrastructure than you can maintain and don't do the math to see how you'll replace it at the end of its life cycle.

Let's do some back of envelope math:
As of 1 Jan 2017, Calgary had $84.7B in infrastructure.
#yycplan
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calgary.ca/content/dam/ww… On 1 July 2016, Calgary's total assessed property value was $303B ($210B for res, $93B for non-res).
On 1 July 2017, Calgary's total assessed property value was $311B.
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newsroom.calgary.ca/2017-property-…
newsroom.calgary.ca/news-release-2…
Apr 1, 2020 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
"How productive a community is in utilizing [land] has a direct bearing on the community's wealth and its capacity to endure."
@clmarohn in @StrongTowns, pg. 139.

Here is Calgary's neighbourhoods' productivity (based on 2020 assessed value/km2), sorted alphabetically.
#yycplan Here is Calgary's neighbourhoods' productivity sorted by total productivity (highest to lowest). I find this far more interesting than Avenue Magazine's annual ranking of neighbourhoods.