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Originally Posted by GGG
Except that many of them cause the sprawl.
Many live in 50 ft lots, oppose basement suites, and try to restrict height on developments. In many cases the people residing in SFHs in the inner city are a larger contributor to sprawl then us yop gobblers.
The location of where you live does not define your contribution to sprawl. The amount of land you occupy does. So a Condo dweller anywhere in the city has a lower impact on sprawl than anyone who Ives in an SFH.
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wait, what?!
urbanist 'cause' sprawl?! that's a new one
I don't think you know what the definition of urban sprawl is if you think folks living in downtown neighborhoods that have been around since the 1940s are 'causing' sprawl
Basements suites is hardly an issue, unless the normal reaction of someone not being able to find a basement suite in Mission is to go out to Auburn Bay and buy a house...
the definition of sprawl is not how much land you own - its uncontrolled expansion of an city's urban/suburban footprint...
your argument is akin to saying someone that buys jeans from value village is contributing to unfair labor practices in Bangladesh as much as someone buying new jeans from Walmart.
that doesn't mean people living out in the burbs don't care about the impact of sprawl; i am sure many do... but that idea the people living in the core are responsible for sprawl is laughable
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