Why North America Can't Build Nice Apartments [Video, 12:09] - eviltoast
  • mtchristo@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Because other people’s right to have a roof over their heads and afford to buy a house out weights you presumed right to living in a Disney themed park.

    • frostbiker@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      That is a false dichotomy. Housing is expensive in Canada due to zoning laws forcing a very inefficient use of land, among other reasons.

      I lived in Europe for decades, so I know for a fact that making our streets pleasant to walk around isn’t some weird utopia, it is the basic reality in many developed countries.

      • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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        11 months ago

        Not sure if that is accurate in BC, we have 3+ story townhomes with mainfloor being shopping/ services. Tons of quadplexes, and 50-100 unit condos like crazy.