the people who own property have more political influence and they don't want more housing. they have been voting against development for 30+ years. why would they miraculously become pro development?
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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There's a lot of people, but they just don't vote. Young people don't vote or participate in local politics, and that's the problem.
Wow, another fantastically researched article that thinks building more houses will solve the problem. Thank goodness houses take up no space, are central to where people want to be, won't cause traffic issues and scale with the population!
I mean... They sort of are and sort of do?
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Vancouver really isn't that big. It's also really well-connected by transit. Currently, only downtown is dense (and some small pockets around SkyTrain stations), though that's been slowly improving with new developments.
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See: New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Tokyo
See: New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Tokyo
They all build apartments
This seems to be a very pedantic argument where you are using the word housing to mean exclusively single family housing were are the author of the article is pretty clearly using the term to mean all forms of housing including condos and apartments.
Sorry if I’m confused, but are you suggesting housing doesn’t scale with population and traffic? Without new housing prices and traffic will only get worse with people sprawling further out for fewer units.
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