Urban living in Edmonton

[Mikemike]

And the few townhouses we have don't do it well. Almost all of them are a narrow strip sideways on a corner lot with just 10' of back yard, and most of them the whole front yard is a driveway that's too steel to play on or even use as a patio.

We've got friends in Toronto who have a downtown rowhouse that's easily as narrow as anything here (guessing 16-18') but built on a lot that's closer to 100' deep than 50. So they have a little front garden, a back yard that's 20-25' deep and an oversized single garage on the lane.

That's what I hope most of Blatchford and now Northlands can be full of, but it's too late for downtown.