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Old 01-07-2022, 10:41 AM   #815
CliffFletcher
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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface View Post
100% of people prefer mansions with a fully staffed house keeping and grounds crew with a large treed yard, a 1 minute walk away from downtown, the mountains, skiing, the beach, restaurants and bars in a neighbourhood with zero crime.
Did you bother to read the comment I was responding to?

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Overall, I'd say people aged 20-50 are even moving away from the house and yard model, but Canada largely doesn't offer anything but house/yard and condo. No middle.
People aged 20-50 aren’t moving away from the house and yard model. They desperately want detached homes, and they’re willing to pay an extraordinary premium - in money, commute time, etc - to own them.

I understand the reasoning behind densification. But advocates need to stop deluding themselves that they’re offering Canadians a housing model they really want. The hundreds of articles and think pieces from a decade ago predicting that Millennials were going to transform cities by eschewing the suburban lifestyle and choosing to stay in dense inner-city neighbourhoods proved to be woefully mistaken.
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