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Originally Posted by flamesfever
Also, I think the Canadian dream of owning a single detached house with a backyard is disappearing. We are now forcing people to live in little boxes i.e. rowhouses, townhouses, condos, apartments etc. with all the parking and pollution that comes with it. No wonder they don't want kids.
I have a friend that owned a pair of gerbils who lived in this little plastic cage for 5 years. When my friend expanded the size of the cage by adding plastic attachments, the two gerbils started having kids in large numbers.
Canada is a big country with lots of room. I think we can still build these small detached houses in great numbers, as they did during WWII. However. the main purpose for developers in to make as much money as fast as possible, and so the Canadian dream is vanishing.
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Pollution comes from endless amounts of people being stuck in gridlock for over an hour each way getting to their single family home in low density far flung suburbs. It doesn’t come from well planned mid density with nearby services and good access to transit. There can be lots of options that get people into the marketplace.
I also reject the premise that this is universal across Canada, there are likley still quite a few places you can get a single family home if you want it. Vancouver and Toronto ,maybe not but there’s still affordable places to live.