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Originally Posted by RST500
Silicon Valley is also largely an Asian immigrant area and is one of the most NIMBY areas, mostly zoned for single family homes.
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the origins of the immigrants have zero effect on Canadian suburban skylines.
The main differentiator between the US and Canada is that the land use policy in the case of Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver comes from the provinces, which means NIMBY's have much less say on what gets built.
I presume in the US cities and county governments get a bigger voice in what gets built and hence it is easy to stop highrises development.