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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Yup. Huge land mass, low population density, no scarcity of property available... as much as I love densely populated urban areas, the conditions that necessitated the model of Tokyo and Seoul don’t exist for anywhere in Canada to be what Peter is referring to. Vancouver doesn’t even scratch the surface.
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I guess this is preference. Given a choice, I would much rather live in the suburbs over living anywhere urban. Here in Canada, we definitely have this choice. I'll take the convenience of driving over living in a highly dense area. Sure, there's trade offs in dealing with rush hour traffic, and financial costs of owning a car, but I'd still rather do that and live in the suburbs in my own dwelling over living in a highly dense condo complex downtown with no car.
Even simple things like driving out to the mountains, buying groceries, or going for a round of golf / playing rec hockey, sound like a pain in the butt to arrange without having a car at my disposal.