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The 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 des
by hylaride 2y ago
The 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...