Most Americans still live in large metro areas, either in the cities themselves or the suburbs. There’s this myth that america has all this land and space and

Most Americans still live in large metro areas, either in the cities themselves or the suburbs. There’s this myth that america has all this land and space and that causes this or that, which is partially true, but the reason why Toronto is expensive has nothing to do with the fact that it’s very challenging to live in the northern reaches of the country. Canada has 1/10th the population of the US and fewer people than the single state of California. There’s plenty of space within the few major cities within the country. For another reference, there are more people living in the New York and LA metro areas than in all of Canada.