[Burnaby] Concord Brentwood | U/C and Proposed - Page 49

giallo · #**961** Posted **Jun 15, 2024, 2:43 PM**

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=BaddieB;10226244. I think people experience dense urban areas differently from low density suburbs. People feel like urban areas are much larger than they actually are, and write off sprawling suburbs as not being as large as they really are.

Well put. I'll take a hundred more towers in Burnaby if it means we get to keep our surrounding mountains and valleys free from more suburban sprawl.

And again, that's one of the major points of higher densities in cities; to prevent further erosion of our natural environment.

NetMapel · #**962** Posted **Jun 15, 2024, 6:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by BaddieB

This line of thinking is very interesting. Towers in Brentwood aren't displacing any nature. It was before a light industrial site, full of parking lots and concrete too. Now it's just becoming arranged in a more livable way, ie housing, which prevents greenfield development in the suburbs which actually displaces greenery.

I think people experience dense urban areas differently from low density suburbs. People feel like urban areas are much larger than they actually are, and write off sprawling suburbs as not being as large as they really are.

Yeah look at these photos. Name me one nature that we're replacing by densifying around skytrain stations? All I see are a sea of single family houses that already destroyed existing nature.

Burquitlaman · #**963** Posted **Jun 15, 2024, 6:53 PM**

I think we all know what his issue is. This is a cultural and generational thing. It's all feelings over facts. We've had our fun with him/her. Let's move on I guess.