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Originally Posted by markbarbera
Thing is, Aldershot is not its own township. It's a community within the city of Burlington, and therefore part of the GTA. I don't see citizens of Burlington realligning themselves to be considered part of GHA. Despite the geographic proximity, the historical rivalry with Hamilton and the socio-economic links to the GTA lends to Burlington alligning itself closer to Toronto than to Hamilton.
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True, but to look at a map, they should be with us. Flamborough/Waterdown/Carlisle are part of Hamilton, and that borderline tracks up Hwy 6 and along the escarpment to Kerns Rd/Milburough Line, then out to the Mountsberg Reservoir. Everything west of Milburough Line along that stretch is Hamilton; to the east it's Burlington. Extend that line to the water and you'll pretty much line up with the Skyway. Put another way, Waterdown is at one end of Waterdown Road, and Aldershot is at the other. Burlington is reaching buildout shortly and will have to basically double its intensification rates (see the Aldershot builds near the old Zellers that adam was mentioning).
I don't speak budgetese, but could Burlington's fabled tax idyll have anything to do with the fact that they've exported the unwashed and unwanted so that they barely have to fund social services? Or they are able to pay a visit to our hospitals when they can't summon the courage to check in at Joe Brant or be bothered to drive to Oakville Trafalgar?