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Originally Posted by The North One
I'm not saying towers have to be trophies, every city needs filler. In my opinion condo high-rises on large block podiums are the worst way to build density. Especially if it's on the side of a major road and still hostile to pedestrians like a Mississauga. They're Cul-de-sacs in the form of towers.
Canada went wild with this and you'd think they'd do better after witnessing all the mistakes in the US. The style isn't as important as the built form. There was an opportunity to do better here and Canada mostly failed, it also doesn't help that it looks aesthetically awful.
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What exactly is the US doing to stop urban sprawl and how is Canada copying them because i am not aware of any US region which has policies to stop sprawl?
stopping sprawl is the goal ie land use policy for both Toronto and Vancouver, two of the fastest growing cities in North America.
You shit on Mississauga but most of it's new highrises have retail at grade and its building an LRT to service its high transit usage.
What US suburb is Mississauga copying?
https://goo.gl/maps/fU2Eeonw69JLHvqv9