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Originally Posted by Quixote
Toronto's urban development patterns/strategies are unlike anything else in the developed world. Propose anything like that in LA (or even OC), and the NIMBYs will be sure to stymie it.
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You can thank the Ontario government for that, The province has pretty much told all the GTA cities that they are going to get denser whether they want to or not. but even with the heavy hand of the province, getting skyscrapers built in Toronto is not a smooth process taking many years and about 1/3 of the cost to build is from fees and taxes.
A full unrestrained GTA would look like Asian cities with highrises replaces the miles of single-family homes in the region. The current process will take longer and be more expensive for home-owners but as long as the greenbelt holds the non-stop construction will continue