Riverdale [1] is a neighbourhood in Toronto with the kind of higher-density mixed single-family and multi-family homes as well as a few small apartment buildings (but no large apartment buildings) that I had in mind with what I described above. It also happens to be one of the most expensive neighbourhoods in the city which I take as an indication of high demand for the houses there.
replyCompare that with the sprawl of Vaughan also shown in the video [1].
The houses in Riverdale are way too close together. It looks like some of those people could literally open their window and reach into their neighbor's house!
replyMaybe for you, but that’s why we should have choices. I think Riverdale is beautiful and I’d love to live there but I can’t afford it because the place is in such high demand. It’s illegal to build more Riverdales even though they’d satisfy a lot more demand due to their higher density. All we can build is more sprawl because your complaint was made the law of the land.
replyWell according to some people there is a loneliness epidemic in north america. What do you want guys? make up your minds! ;-)
replyCars and their infrastructure take up a ton of space which could in theory be used by actual people.
replyIn practice that space ends up being used to cram in more people rather than giving people more living space.
replyAgreed!
replyHowever, another way to look at that is that some people are willing to give up some space for a more convenient location. We're not running out of space quite yet.
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