Comment 64211

By Mr. Meister (anonymous) | Posted May 30, 2011 at 09:41:38 in reply to Comment 64206

"Hamilton has the same density of dwellings as Carcassonne, Dublin and Galway (albeit lower than Paris, which is built to a uniform six storeys in height)."

That statement is utter nonsense. Carcasonne like most European cities has a plethora of 3,4 and 5 story buildings. These buildings typically abut one another usually with their small courtyards completely covering the entire block. That style of building is not seen in Hamilton. Go to Google maps of the 2 cities and look at a satellite view of the cities. Where is the commonality? Carcassonne has precious little green anywhere. Outside of a very small central core Hamilton has it everywhere.

Carcasonne has block after block of single family homes? Where? Hamilton has them everywhere. Here they are the norm with denser housing being the exception there the exact opposite. That is why their density is higher than ours. Maybe because their cities are so much older than ours. I would not be surprised if some of the buildings still being habitated were over a thousand years old. Things were built very differently back then. Carcasonne looks like a thousand other European towns or small cities. Does not look at all like Hamilton. Or any other North American city.

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