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I-Hate-Hulse · 06-05-2006, 12:49 PM

"We don't have sprawl today," says Dave Bronconnier. "What you're seeing is sprawl that's occurred primarily from rapid growth in the 1960s, '70s and '80s."

"The public policies are working. They're reversing a trend and seeing it in the form of more multi-family homes, significantly higher densities, more mixed-use projects and more high-rise towers."

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...614318-cp.html

While I would agree we are seeing some new high density projects on the go, I don't see any policies regarding expansion of city limits via annexation. As long as demand for single detached housing exists, it's easier to just go grab more land...

I found his blaming of the 80's & before for sprawl comical - has he not watched the South push from Shawnessy to what is it now, Copperfield in the span of 5 years?

06-05-2006, 12:49 PM	#1
I-Hate-Hulse Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sector 7-G Exp:	Sprawl - What sprawl? Bronco speaks... "We don't have sprawl today," says Dave Bronconnier. "What you're seeing is sprawl that's occurred primarily from rapid growth in the 1960s, '70s and '80s." "The public policies are working. They're reversing a trend and seeing it in the form of more multi-family homes, significantly higher densities, more mixed-use projects and more high-rise towers." http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...614318-cp.html While I would agree we are seeing some new high density projects on the go, I don't see any policies regarding expansion of city limits via annexation. As long as demand for single detached housing exists, it's easier to just go grab more land... I found his blaming of the 80's & before for sprawl comical - has he not watched the South push from Shawnessy to what is it now, Copperfield in the span of 5 years?