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Originally Posted by bigguy1231
The sprawling development will continue for as long as developers and their customers demand it. Just because this provincial government has dictated an end to it doesn't mean that policy will be in place with future governments.
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it's been in place for ten years now and things have changed immensely. You seem to think sprawl is some kind of natural law. Most countries in the world you can't just buy up empty land. It's not just bad for the environment it's silly planning - it doesn't pay for itself. It relies on subsidies from the built up city. If the true cost were charged there would be far less sprawl.
As for flight to other cities, it's done in Mississauga, in process in Milton and Brampton and Halton and Burlington, and we're next. We can either build shitty sprawl and then have to rebuild it again when the inevitable density happens you talk about, or do it right the first time.
I can't understand how anyone except the breed of conservative who hates taxes but demands their entitlements can support these developments.