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The media is blaming immigrants for the housing crisis. They're wrong (breachmedia.ca)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca
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Some folks on here have been repeating this garbage as well

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

They say we need to increase density but this is actually just decreasing the standard of living.

The most enjoyable places I've ever lived and visited were by far the densest ones. To each their own, I guess. And Vancouver which is supposedly the densest city is still at 1/3 of the density of a city like Barcelona (which is an amazing place). That's why I love downtown Vancouver, because it's the densest region of the densest city.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Sorry maybe I wasn't clear, I didn't mean that increasing density decreases standard of living, I meant over-occupying spaces that aren't built for the purpose decreases standard of living. In many parts of the world a family lives in a single room, but that doesn't mean Canada has to do it too.

    High density requires planned infrastructure to support it, and suddenly having houses in the suburbs with 20 people living in them is not a healthy form of density.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Ah sorry, the "this" in "this is just decreasing standard of living" was meant to refer to people cramming up, not to "increase density". Thanks for clarifying.

    Well, we agree on that. Cheers to planned infrastructure instead of rooming in the suburbs.

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