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Originally Posted by Pinus
So tellz me then, how do y'all folks do demz infillz howzing in da big city of Taranna?
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There really isn't the same phenomenon here of empty spaces scattered around that need to be filled. Also there aren't a lot of the small craftsman style houses and bungalows in older parts of Toronto. Most everything is already 2 1/2 storey houses crammed on to 25 foot lots, so "infill" of the sort that happens in Winnipeg doesn't usually end up looking quite so incongruous as the stuccoed mini-grain elevators that have sprung up, two to a lot, in my neighbourhood in Winnipeg. Also, there aren't many lots that are wide enough to subdivide, so what you're calling "infill" would almost always be a 1-for-1 exchange here. It therefore doesn't tend to be as controversial, since it's just replacing one house with another that is usually roughly the same height (although the new ones tend to have a more bloated look as they try to maximize the size of attic floors).
In Toronto (being a magnificent and extremely important city), the equivalent of "infill" would be things like converting coach houses (garages) to homes, building homes in back alleys (which aren't as common here, but which do exist in some areas) and allowing "nanny suites" in basements in residential areas. All of those things are controversial in exactly the same way as infill tends to be in Winnipeg.
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