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Originally Posted by cleowin
There’s already sprawl, with acreages turning into condo’s, but why does it have to always be luxurious SFH, or multi unit condo’s? People dont always want to live in condo’s or semi-detached residences, so why are we being forced to do so?
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Which is why, again, voters should back candidates who advocate rowhouses, rentals, co-ops and state housing. That way, we don’t get just condos and mansions.
Nobody’s forcing nobody, you’re free to get a megahouse in Abbotsford or beyond at any given time. If you want to stay in the city, you have to accept that 2.4 million (and counting) also want to stay in the city. That means things have to get more crowded. Continuing to oppose anything higher than two storeys is a good way to make real estate even more expensive – just look at San Fran.
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Originally Posted by cleowin
Also, I have studied Metro Vancouver for quite awhile now, when Gregor announced that there is no more room for SFH developments, I had to sniff at that a bit, because Southlands is mutli-acre lands, so is most of the land east of the UEL in the north sector, as is alot of land in Shaughnessey. There's also tons of Double wide lots throughout the East side that could be sub-divided, so the potential to add more SFH in Vancouver is still great.
Burnaby on the other hand is quite limited, with ALR land in the Fraser lands protected, the only logical area for growth is along Burnaby Mountain, but alot of that is either industrial or park land, so it's a no go.
Coquitlam / Port Moody / Port Coquitlam still has some areas that could be turned into more housing without tearing down existing structures, but that's by building into the mountains. North shore/west van seem to build higher and higher, so not sure if that'll stop.
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Not sure what you’re suggesting here.
This is an acre. We might be using different versions of Google Maps, because I’m not seeing any such lot sizes between UBC and Boundary, not even in Shaughnessy.
If you want your new SFHs to replace much-treasured woodland or parkland, that’s a non-starter (another nice thing about density - it makes the "trees vs homes" argument redundant). If you want secondary suites and laneways, that’s already happening, and it’s nowhere near enough for the existing population, much less the newcomers. If you want two smaller homes in one existing lot, that’s pretty much a duplex.
On top of that, all of your locations are very far removed from any jobs/retail/amenities/etc and hard to reach with transit, meaning they require their occupants to drive out just for a jug of milk, and it takes twice as long for a party guest/repairman/firefighter to drive in. So that’s even more traffic for our already-crowded roads.
Compare and contrast with building a lot of lowrise/midrise apartments on an arterial with a rapid transit line, commercial space underneath them, and townhomes and walkups on the adjacent side streets; a neighbourhood like Dunbar now fits on a dozen blocks, 3/4ths of what they need is downstairs, and the rest is a short bus/train ride away, so little to no driving. Much better usage of a city’s limited space.
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Originally Posted by cleowin
South Surrey / Port Kells is still acreage, and while most of the areas have been slated for development over the next 20 years, SFH developments could be built there. I think that's a smarter way of growth, as opposed to tearing down Port Kells and turning it all into Multi-use high density neighbourhoods like Willoughby. Willoughby is a disaster and was poorly planned, im glad Brookswood/Fernridge is only allocating 9% of its lands for High Density, the rest are 4000-7000 sq ft SFH lots, its exciting!
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4,000+ square feet for one family? Unless it’s the PM’s family - and even then they probably don’t need five bedrooms - a plantation-sized house in the woods is completely unnecessary. You literally decried “luxurious SFH” in the post above.
Willoughby is a bad location, being completely cut off from the rest of the metro, but it’s exactly the kind of growth that Langley City should aim for. A smarter and less democratic government would’ve bulldozed Fernridge by now and moved it inward.
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