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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper
re: yellow belt
Imo, It's design is not ideal for mass intensification. For me, the question is why do we desire all these new people every year or to see the 416 with double or triple the population. We concentrate on housing here on SSP but everything is cracking with these record growth numbers. Replacing half the 416's single family housing with 4 plex shoeboxes will buy Toronto how many years of reprieve from overbuilding the downtown ?
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It's why we need redevelopment to happen to get at least some of these yellow-belt areas redesigned, especially the areas and major arterials within walking distance to rapid public transit. They're not sustainable and drain too much tax dollars to support.
Completely agree that it's unhealthy to keep juicing up the population growth in Toronto. The city's current infrastructure is completely overwhelmed and can't keep up, and any notable relief from infrastructure expansion like the Ontario Line isn't coming online for many years. JT's Liberals are subjecting the city to a cruel stress test, basically piling on more and more bodies to see if the city will suffer from a cataclysmic breakdown.
Montreal is growing, but at a much more sustainable rate, and the new neighbourhoods they're building are just so much more livable and thoughtful, way less shadow impacts, with adequate amenities and parks.