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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
Once the City begins to end the subsidies to the developers, housing in the 'burbs will be much more expensive - Nenshi has stated that subsidies won't continue if he gets his way.
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Define much more expensive? 8k per house was 50% of the subsidy so 16k per house is the total subidy. That is not changing behaviours. how muh money would it take for someone to give up their detatched house for an attached one. Out in the burbs the current differential between the two types in over 100k. People gladly pay it. I think for a lot of people there are plenty of other things they would give up before moving into a condo. For example right now people are willing to pay 1 hour extra of their lives every day to have a detached house. So to have any change the costs would have to be highly punitive to change behaviours
The real argument here should not be inner ctiy vs burb. It should be condo vs attached vs detatched small lot vs detached large lot.
It does not matter where you live. It is the amount of space you take up. Where you take up the space is determined by wealth, how much space you take up is a lifestyle choice