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Originally Posted by jigglysquishy
True European townhouses can achieve a density of 15,000 - 20,000 people/km^2. That's a higher density than any neighbourhood in Canada outside of central Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver and 10x the density of our suburbs.
It's half the cost of highrises and has better walkability/street life. That should be the standard throughout the City.
No argument on Martensville/Warman growing. They're absolutely booming, largely due to the proximity to the north industrial area.
White City/Balgonie/Pilot Butte are all booming too, just not at the rate of Martensville/Warman.
The City of Saskatoon wants 50% infill. They have no control over the growth outside their boundaries. Same with Regina, though they're only targetting 15% infill.
The province is fully within their rights to deny development to the RM of Corman Park and the RM of Edenwold. They just choose to allow the development to go through without a financing plan in place.
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The problem is that although denser development is ideal, large segments of the population don't want it. This is what can lead to an explosion in growth in suburban/bedroom communities. Some people are motivated by cheaper land/homes (which may not be as true anymore), but there are more and more people willing to live just outside the cities so they can have land and space.
The larger the city, the further out these developments are and the less likely that they will be an option... But Regina and Saskatoon are both millions of people below that threshold.
I'm not saying we should throw densification ideals out the window, but a hardline approach where high density is the "standard" throughout the city is likely going to backfire. Both due to the above and also because there are likely enough of the type of people that don't want forced density that they could vote in a majority of councillors with a similar viewpoint, which could then lead a more low-density focused direction.
And I say this as someone whose ideal living arrangement is in the dense downtown condo/apartment tower type of housing.
Central areas though (downtown, rail yards, warehouse district, transition area)... bring on the high density standard, be they townhouse style or tower depending on the location.
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Originally Posted by thefourthtower
Last time I checked this was a Regina site , preach at river landing
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It's a general development/architecture site... And this is a Regina thread within that; however, comparisons to other cities/buildings is well within the realm of acceptability. There's no need to be so aggressively anti-anywhere else.
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