ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Concerns over a lack of parking that led councillors in St. John's, N.L., to axe a proposal for affordable housing last week are part of a
Here’s a simple suggestion – Stop cramming more houses into places where there are already tons of people.
Can’t be a problem with NIMBY-ism, if you’re in nobodies back yard at all!
The whole point of cars and personal transportation is that you can fill all of these empty places with your housing, and these people can drive to where they want to go on their own schedules. It’s not that hard.
We don’t need to cram another 10k houses onto the golf-course where people like the fact that they can’t spit out of their back window and hit their neighbors house.
Better yet - Mandate city-centers for every [X] population so that the people don’t have to drive half way across the state for their job too.
The best housing is the housing you can afford. Would I like to live in a ten million dollar mansion with dino nuggies dispensers? Sure, but I can’t afford that, so I don’t. We will never ever ever get to affordable housing and affordable living with single family homes and car dependent sprawl.
Just offering the solution. If you don’t like it, you can KEEP not getting housing. I moved out into the woods to be able to afford the house that I have. The fact that you won’t even posit that as an OPTION is telling. You want it your way, or no way. Well guess what…you’re not getting it your way, so you’re gonna have nothing.
Car-dependent sprawl only happens when the ONLY thing you’re building is housing. If you use zoning laws to ensure that you get enough businesses in the area, then it’s not car dependent any more and you’re just beginning your own little city in a place where there isn’t one already.
You don’t have to start in an ALREADY established city.
Here’s a simple suggestion – Stop cramming more houses into places where there are already tons of people.
Can’t be a problem with NIMBY-ism, if you’re in nobodies back yard at all!
The whole point of cars and personal transportation is that you can fill all of these empty places with your housing, and these people can drive to where they want to go on their own schedules. It’s not that hard.
We don’t need to cram another 10k houses onto the golf-course where people like the fact that they can’t spit out of their back window and hit their neighbors house.
Better yet - Mandate city-centers for every [X] population so that the people don’t have to drive half way across the state for their job too.
The best housing is the housing you can afford. Would I like to live in a ten million dollar mansion with dino nuggies dispensers? Sure, but I can’t afford that, so I don’t. We will never ever ever get to affordable housing and affordable living with single family homes and car dependent sprawl.
Just offering the solution. If you don’t like it, you can KEEP not getting housing. I moved out into the woods to be able to afford the house that I have. The fact that you won’t even posit that as an OPTION is telling. You want it your way, or no way. Well guess what…you’re not getting it your way, so you’re gonna have nothing.
Car-dependent sprawl only happens when the ONLY thing you’re building is housing. If you use zoning laws to ensure that you get enough businesses in the area, then it’s not car dependent any more and you’re just beginning your own little city in a place where there isn’t one already.
You don’t have to start in an ALREADY established city.