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Originally Posted by Kitchissippi
Another huge issue is how are they going to get urban-scale sewage and water treatment out to these remote communities? Most people are on septic tanks and wells out there. There will be an environmental price to provide this most basic need (which is far more important than transit), and definitely will cost the taxpayer something no matter what.
The advantage to densification and concentration of our urban activities is the limiting of our environmental footprint while controlling the cost of service distribution. This scheme is completely opposite.
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As a person from a village outside Ottawa I find your assumptions of our qualities of living to be insulting. People living in rural villages are not living in a third world. These places can grow no problem (and are for the most part).
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