A few to sell you on Calgary. The Bow and Eighth Avenue Place bump up the calibre of this skyline significantly. Remember - metro of 1.2 million.
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Yeah, most of highway 1 (16th ave North) through calgary is an urban arterial. Most of it's stretch except near the edges of the city in the east and west is not freeway.
Actually, Greater Vancouver has just over 2 million souls. While the City of Vancouver doesn't have highways the GVRD most certainly does! What is Highway 1 coming into the region?
On the transit side, Calgary, a city of half the population of Greater Vancouver has an LRT system that has more...
Toronto looks like a dump back then. Obviously the waterfront was an industrial wasteland though. Unfortunately, although it's developed, it's not nearly as good its potential.