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By A Smith (anonymous) | Posted April 22, 2009 at 16:32:48

Jason >> While we'd love to snag the Cathedral of Christ the King or some other large church in the middle of the city, it's simply unaffordable

Economics is the study of what people actually do, not what they say they would do. Therefore, while your intellectual position may be the ideal in an ideal world, this is not the world we live in. Reality shapes people's decisions and that is a fact. I believe you are sincere in your desire for a higher density city, but you have to admit that these new facts seem to undercut your argument a little bit.

>> Not everyone has to be a clone of the next guy.

Exactly. I grew up in Oakville, a very sprawly place to live and I had a good childhood. As a kid, if I wanted to get some pop or chips the only problem was that I needed to ride my bike a fair distance to do so. Therefore, in my case, sprawl actually promoted a more physical lifestyle.

The bottom line is that people should be able to make the choice for where they want to live by themselves. However, if you are correct in saying that inner city residents subsidize the suburbs, I agree with you that this is wrong.

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