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I don't blame Canada. The country is running out of space really fast and they lack the technology to build more than 1 floor of house. Unlike massive countries
by screye 4y ago
I don't blame Canada. The country is running out of space really fast and they lack the technology to build more than 1 floor of house. Unlike massive countries like South Korea, they can't fit 50 million people.
Can you imagine being forced to live in slum like conditions without a half-acre yard or at least 3 parking spots? We are a developed country, do you expect us to park on the streets like the 3rd world ?
If only Canada had access to hammers & wood & nails. They could have built something. But, where might someone be able to buy any of those I wonder ?
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Watching sprawly nations one up each other with moral grandstanding while acting as if no one sees the elephant in the room is frustratingly funny.
If you are going to go this route, at least institute a high tax penalty for unit vacancy.
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edit: didn't think it was possible for people to miss such obvious sarcasm, but here we are
- acyou 4y agoWould you be able to please expand on this and explicitly say what you want to say? Wondering what you mean by "sprawly nations".
- adventured 4y agoNearly the whole post is in sarcastic jest. By sprawly the parent means nations that don't build upwards with highrise approaches as a solution to building more residences (and instead sprawl sideways, taking up large amounts of land per residence).
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- screye 4y agoCar-centric nations. Canada and the US lead the way.
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- jimmaswell 4y agoSardine-can conditions become less necessary by the day as more industries move to WFH. Who chooses to live in Manhattan if their job doesn't demand it? Demand for nicer living conditions with lawns, space, garages, and fresh air will rise as the urban exodus continues. The city is obsolete in the era of WFH. Let these unnatural aberrations recede. Humans were meant to live in small tribes and we see how their programming breaks down in cities rampant with crime and antisocial behavior.
- antiterra 4y agoHave you ever actually been to Manhattan? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-07/is-new-york-city-more-dangerous-than-rural-america https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-07/is-new...
- QIYGT 4y agoCan't tell whether you're being sarcastic. The world you describe sounds disgusting, and NYC is more popular than ever in our new WFH world.
- jimmaswell 4y ago> The world you describe sounds disgusting Normal countryside villages are disgusting to you?
- QIYGT 4y agoAs it turns out, the best villages have neither lawns nor garages.
- screye 4y agoNormal countryside villages actually work really well as an accompaniment to cities. Ironically, the most desirable villages build densely around a small core and the farms spread out radially around the village itself. [1] https://www.roadaffair.com/most-beautiful-villages-in-the-world/ https://www.roadaffair.com/most-beautiful-villages-in-the-wo...
- LarryMullins 4y ago> The country is running out of space really fast I get what you're saying, but it's kinda funny since Canada is enormous and most of it is mostly empty.
- wenc 4y agoI think OP was being sarcastic.
- amake 4y agothat's the joke
- LarryMullins 4y agoOh, I thought he was being sincere. Canada's population is mostly crowded into a small part of Canada, something like 2/3rds of the country live south of the 49th Parallel (south of long straight part of the US/Canada border), and in this region the population density is quite high. They do have a ton of land in all the rest of Canada, but for reasons of access to services, climate, etc.. most people in Canada are crammed into the Quebec-Windsor Corridor.
- areyousure 4y agoIn case anyone is curious, southern Ontario is quite south of the 49th parallel and includes Canada's biggest city. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ontario https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ontario The population of southern Ontario is ~13.5 million people (roughly a third of Canada). North Korea has a similar area (slightly larger), but approximately twice the population. South Korea also has a similar area (slightly smaller), but approximately twice the population of North Korea = four times the population of southern Ontario. In particular, ~13.5 million more people live in South Korea (which has an area smaller than southern Ontario) than in the entirety of Canada.
- LarryMullins 4y agoToronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City are all in this region. It may not be as dense as Korea, but the Korean peninsula is one of the densest parts of the world so this isn't saying much. If you visit this part of Canada, it feels much like the urban/suburban sprawl of the American North-East across the border. My point is, that looking at the population density for the entirety of Canada is misleading because most Canadians don't live in Yukon Territory. The population density of the part of Canada people actually live in is much closer to what you'd expect from a typical developed country.
- antiterra 4y agoWhat are you on about? Canada has been building high rises like crazy for the past two decades, and those are exactly what are often held empty by speculative investors.
- dghughes 4y agoActually we are running out of space in my Canadian province. Here in Canada's smallest province I've never seen so many apartment buildings, condos, and homes being built. A field that was empty year ago now has about a dozen apartment buildings, maybe a dozen homes. And that's just one area. The sprawl is taking over farmland. Meanwhile people have no place to live and anyone who does gets kicked out for a "renoviction". Supposedly repairs and upgrades but often it's just a coat a paoint and rent is doubled. Or it's covered to Air Bnb or other short term rentals STR. I've never seen so many homeless people in my life here. So many buildings yet nowhere to live.
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