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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere
"the sprawl won't jump out of hamilton to surrounding areas if we don't expand the urban boundary"... Sure...
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I'm like 90% sure you're kidding because Elfrida growth study area was designed for like 100,000 people versus this 15,000. That and this will not command the same demand because it's bumfuck nowhere. This is great for people looking for blue collar work, but not for the way Hamilton is expanding with white collar work.
No office job accountant is going to move to Nanticoke. They will move to Hamilton. It's also why zoning reform is so important and why I argue all the time here that missing middle density is key to improving the city and encouraging good growth because people will live in semis, duplexes and row homes once they experience it and realize it's not that bad, and the study showing demand doesn't include any thought on changing zoning. It just looks at demand in the current year where highrises, townhome complexes and single detached homes are the three only options. It misses the mark because it assumes we will be building identical housing in 2060. The first step is recognizing you have a problem: sprawl. Then you stop sprawling. Then you work on zoning reform to encourage people into missing middle styles of housing. I know many people that thought they needed a single detached house but then started living in something slightly more dense and realized it wasn't all that bad actually. The main thing is they wanted a decent living space. It sucks that if you want something over 555sqft you must buy a house otherwise you're buying a premium unit that will be more than buying a house.