Comment 6791

By joejoe (anonymous) | Posted May 28, 2007 at 20:47:11

True you are not going to 'force' people to live in a mixed walkable neighbourhood like downtown if they like the suburbs. And yes, I know many folks who love the suburbs. But what is going to have to happen is that we are all going to start having to pay the true cost of living for our respective neighbourhoods. Simple economics tell us that the true cost of living in the suburbs is much higher than the cost of living in a close-nit walkable neighbourhood. We subsidize these costs because municipalities want to encourage development - especially as it is often seen as the major 'growth' area for the city, and because many of the developers are the councilors friends. But it can't continue forever.

So by all means, everyone should live where they want to live, but they should pay the true cost of doing so.

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