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>What prevents you from just building more housing in all that extra space you have? There is plenty of cheap, available housing in the hinterlands of Canada.
by itsoktocry 5y ago
>What prevents you from just building more housing in all that extra space you have?
There is plenty of cheap, available housing in the hinterlands of Canada. And yet, nobody wants to move there. Why do you think that is? Prime locations are scarce no matter how much land mass you have.
- jlmorton 5y agoBecause people want to move where jobs are available. There is a decades-long trend of urbanization throughout the world, as economies continue their transitions towards services. Canada has a deep labor shortage in its urban areas, with plenty of pent-up demand for growth. It's certainly true that if we must perpetually conserve each and every single family home in an urban area, then we'll remain housing-constrained. If that's what everyone wants to do, that's their right, but it's necessarily going to result in lower income and living standards for the country.
- chaostheory 5y agoI thought Alberta has a ton of free space available. No?
- armagon 5y agoHonest question: where are these cheap, available houses? I thought I did live in the hinterlands, and there's nothing in that category here that doesn't need to be torn down. Since I work online, I might be able to move if the prices are right.