Comment 31406

By geejayn (registered) | Posted May 29, 2009 at 19:28:51

I'm not sure what people who talk about "sustainable growth" have in mind.There are only three ways to handle population growth: increase density, build up, or build out. There are practical limits to the first, unless we want our cities to look like those in China, India and Pakistan. There are also obvious limits to building up. That leaves building out, which is what people are objecting to. Although young singles, seniors, or childless couples may be willing to forgo having a backyard, families with children are usually not. There is just no substitute for having a place for the kids to play and the dog to romp, to cook burgers on the gas grill, and to enjoy privacy outdoors. A park is no substitute for all this.Sad to say, but one man's spaciousness is another man's (i.e., Ryan McGreel's )sprawl.Greenbelts are not the answer. This just pushes people from the suburbs into the exurbs, the area on the other side of the greenbelt. It is interesting how "devlopers" have become the villains of the piece.If deveopers were building what the bicycle-huggers wanted(and these developers donated heavily to politicians who supported the bicycle-huggers), there wouldn't be a word of complaint against them.The answer is (and don't laugh at this) no growth or negative growth.Shall we get back to reality? Sprawl is inevitable. Fire away!!

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