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Originally Posted by Williamoforange
Well maybe because they don't want to be Ottawa bedroom community, and thus didn't want to subsidize people travel to Ottawa, don't really blame them for not wanting to pay for Ottawa mistakes. Either way they failed, so why would anyone think building heavily subsidized rail for low density exurbs would be a good idea.
Ottawa could solve its housing issues but it cares more about neighborhood character then building housing.
Also, "let friend" the villages that are being allowed to expand are also building large subdivision the same as any other suburb.
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I'm having trouble following this take. I get that many of these towns want to retain their character, but I'm not sure how that is better than people in Ottawa wanting the same thing.
Also, a very big proportion of the wealth of those towns is dependent on their residents being able to work in Ottawa. The ability to access amenities in Ottawa relatively easily is key to their quality of life. To equate the provision of transit options to these towns with subsidizing people or paying for Ottawa's mistakes requires some real logical somersaults.