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  1. "In #Ottawa, for example, #suburban expansion costs $465 per person per year. By contrast, Ottawa found that #highdensity #infill development earned that city $606 per person per year.

    "In #Edmonton, consultant research showed that six new neighbourhoods, even with a higher density than traditional #sprawl, in the... city’s southeast would create a $400-million liability (in 2014 dollars) by 2050.

    "... taxpayers–not developers–pick up this liability. #yeg #abpoli

    "albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/gue

  2. Funny how #townPlanners in #Australia keep pointing to #Europe as an example of #highDensity done right, and so they work on plans for 10-storey #highrise buildings. But many of these so-called "#planners" and #policyMakers are ***from*** Europe (#China to a lesser extent).

    If #gentrification is so great, why didn't they stay there?

    #paradox #plannersParadox #immigration #falsePlan #speculators #speculation #quickBuck #shortTermThinking #funny #hypocritical #Russian #Italian #Greek #British