Comment 30388

By jason (registered) | Posted April 22, 2009 at 21:45:11

I was just at Grandad's the other day! They make the donuts fresh all day long like Tim's used to.

Yea, you're right fencesitter. "Sprawl" isn't the problem. It's this land-wasting, resource-wasting version of it. Portlands suburbs do simple things right - build to the street. WAY smaller parking lots. Residential units on top of grocery stores etc....
In Hamilton, it's illegal in downtown Hamilton, surrounded by 150 year old homes, to build a home to the street edge matching the other ones on the street. Go check out new homes recently built on Ray St North. They are set way back like they would be in the suburbs. Once LRT comes, we should start to see better planning principles that don't allow for a sprawl model of development, like this Tims to be built on the LRT route.

Ask residents of Westdale or Locke South if they enjoy their neighbourhoods? Both were early suburbs built along the streetcar routes that served them. Both neighbourhoods enjoy the most sustainable, high real estate values in the city, and perceived 'nice' location by residents from any part of the city. Imagine our new suburbs being built in a similar manner? Would be great.

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