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Great services those are.... Don't get me wrong, they are definitely needed, but they don't fit all of the need for a growing family. High density areas aren't ideal.
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We agree, for many people they aren't ideal. And from the sounds of things you are one of those people.
What I'm saying is that we should end the economic incentives for people to live out in the burbs. You clearly would pay the full cost of living out there because you really like it. That could be an extra 500 to 1000 bucks a month.
There are many people that are probably on the margin, if it costs an extra 1000 bucks a month they'd forego the big house and get a smaller place closer to work.
This is what I'm talking about. Calgary in particular has whacked out incentives to go live in the burbs as its way cheaper and almost more rationale to do so.
Problem is that this type of development has significant costs to the city, to liveability, environmentally, and to tax payers writ-large.