Here is the word on the street in Calgary during the downturn

You know when you're at a bus stopor the grocery store checkout line, and you end up chatting with the personstanding next to you and you get a different perspective on things?

Well, we strolled through downtown the other day, and asked a bunch of people how things were going in the downturn. The changes they hadnoticed in the core.How they felt.

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While some people said things were noticeablyquieter on the streets, in the shops, and the plus15s, some say there's also a determination that things will work themselves out.

CBC Calgary's special focus on life in our city during the downturn. A look at Calgary's culture, identity and what it means to beCalgarian. Read more stories from the series atCalgary at a Crossroads.