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Originally Posted by longsuffering
You're either more partisan than you admit or really poorly informed.
No one is trying to make the single family home a thing of the past, no matter how much home builders try to make it sound that way. ...
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I'm informed quite well on the issues of municipal politics in metro-Calgary. But I also dislike the politics immensely, because of how bad it smells too often. All kinds of it: right, left and centre. So, no, I am not partisan at all.
People tend to forget that municipal politics and policies are defined by ordinary people that got themselves elected to govern. They've got personal views that shape their preferences. Strong views tend to translate into policies that can have devastating effects on economics, often unintended. Urban planners, just like politicians, have their own views on how this city should grow and, again, depending on their personalities and style they can get their views adopted and implemented. This is a normal democratic process of municipal administration and governance. Where I see it becoming a real problem is when the administration and governments start prescribing their views into policies that are not based on what the people want (can afford) and what the market suggests. Portland is a good example of that approach and bad consequences of it.
Urban housing and suburban housing can both be developed very well and very poorly and this has nothing to do with policies and/or politics. There is always a way to do it good or bad.