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If Canadians really wanted to fix the housing market, they'd vote NDP. Vancouver went from twice Toronto prices to comparable-to-Toronto prices under NDP gove
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
If Canadians really wanted to fix the housing market, they'd vote NDP. Vancouver went from twice Toronto prices to comparable-to-Toronto prices under NDP government. Meanwhile the Ontario Conservatives refuse to bring in sensible policies like allowing 4-plexes in single unit zones.
- hylaride 2y agoThe local councillors in Toronto who are most opposed to 4-plexes tend to be ndp affiliated “champaign socialists” who want to stop “greedy developers” from destroying “family homes”. There’s also a more suburban right leaning group who don’t want the “socialist downtowners” to densify their car oriented way of life (Doug Ford comes from this area). It’s really quite sad and the end result is there are a handful of areas that get super dense development and there’s relatively little midrise.
- dgfitz 2y ago> … to densify their car oriented way of life Cars aren’t going away in North America. Full fucking stop. Pretending they will is an exercise in faux-righteous, virtue-signaling frustration.
- hylaride 2y agoI'm not saying they should, but that doesn't mean you can't allow denser development - but they present density as some way of life crisis. They fight townhouses, for christ's sake: https://streetsoftoronto.com/real-estate-home-theatres-basketball-courts-and-in-ground-pools-in-three-estates-perfect-for-entertaining/ https://streetsoftoronto.com/real-estate-home-theatres-baske...