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Originally Posted by Slava
This is exactly it. It's not that everyone is against density. We have these things there, and plans for more in the coming years aside from Glenmore Landing. The JCC has plans, the Coop development and that's on top of the towers across 90th and the townhouses there as well. It's understandable.
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My opinion, is part of the problem is we're trying to make up for the problems of low density with very point solutions.
Massive towers actually make for pretty crappy neighbourhoods. The way a lot of them are done is just creating vertical suburbs where everyone is driving in and out of the tower.
Thinks like row housing and mid-rise over larger areas make for a lot nicer and more functional communities. Curry Barracks/Garrison Woods are great examples. We just need like 10 of those instead of these isolated spots rammed with towers and stores with surface parking. Obviously that's just way harder to pull off unless you end up with the lucky case of a military base in the inner city shutting down, so we shrug our shoulders and throw up more terrible towers.