Crime rates
#31
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I concede that someone who doesn't have to work could have a lot more open space in Canada; Northern Ontario, for example, is empty.
#33
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But the problem seems to be far more localised to specific areas of the city here, whereas in most parts of the UK where I lived you could run into some violent drunk late at night pretty much anywhere. Only the most expensive areas were largely violence-free, and then you had to deal with people coming from outside the area to burgle your house because they thought you were rich.
#34
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In England there's a right to roam which allows access to the countryside, there's no equivalent in Canada so I don't know that the majority of people living in Canada actually have greater access to open space than the majority of Britons. I walk the dog in the country on weekends but I'd do that if I lived in Kilburn.
I concede that someone who doesn't have to work could have a lot more open space in Canada; Northern Ontario, for example, is empty.
I concede that someone who doesn't have to work could have a lot more open space in Canada; Northern Ontario, for example, is empty.
#35
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Difference being that if Canada`s population expands as expected with future immigration levels then there is the space to absorb these people. Infrastructure may need to be improved in more rural areas to absorb these people but the space is there. Whereas in the UK well, there isn`t too much space left to be absorbed. It is a simple equation of space divided by people and in the UK it just doesn`t go.
Again the problem's not so different from the UK, where south-east is teeming with people, the highlands of Scotland are less so, but few immigrants take up crofting. The popular areas end up with high population density and high crime rates while the empty bits stay empty.
#36
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Immigrants to Canada by and large live in Toronto. Are you thinking that Toronto will spread out until it reaches Lake Simcoe, Lake Erie and the Quebec border? Otherwise, is there a scheme to displace immigrants to, say, the Yukon?
Again the problem's not so different from the UK, where south-east is teeming with people, the highlands of Scotland are less so, but few immigrants take up crofting. The popular areas end up with high population density and high crime rates while the empty bits stay empty.
Again the problem's not so different from the UK, where south-east is teeming with people, the highlands of Scotland are less so, but few immigrants take up crofting. The popular areas end up with high population density and high crime rates while the empty bits stay empty.
The example you gave of the population density being comparable between the Ontario/Quebec region to Europe is a very poor comparison for the simple reason the land mass of the southern ontario/Quebec corridor is probably the same size as much of western Europe and even central Europe. Population of this area in canada is say 20.000.000 plus. The equivalent area in Europe well we are talking probably well 250.000.000 people ??????????? a huge difference and all occupying the same type of area.
#37
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As mentioned above the advantage for immigrants from the UK is that they may be able to buy into a better area than they could at home (assuming high property values in the UK and a good exchange rate). The result is less perceived crime but the same could be done in the UK if only the emigrant had more money.
And I agree it can only get worse.
#38
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Can't think of another example of a tv show about idealistic, quaint little English villages, sorry.
#39
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True - there are lovely rural areas in the UK (Cornwall, Lake District etc) but unless you're rich you can't afford to live in the lovely, safe little villages (that depict 'quintessential England' a la 'Midsomer Murders' and other such tv shows) so you're stuck in some dodgy suburb full of chavs and hoodies.
And I agree it can only get worse.
And I agree it can only get worse.
I don't agree with the poster above that the UK is too crowded, what does that mean? There's room for plenty more. Who's the American who did the BA adverts... he said if you take Manhatten as the most densely populated area, and put the entire world population in equivalent density, they'd only fill the former Yugoslavia. So how come the UK feels crowded for you?
#40
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That's precisely why house prices and living mortgage-free form one of the biggest arguments for Brits wanting to emigrate. Assuming you can sell your UK house for the price you need, obviously (which ain't easy in the current climate)...
#41
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You can't just make such broad assumptions. The growth of towns and cities in the Thompson/Okanagan area of central BC, for example, will be limited by accessibility of water. You can't keep building just because there appears to be space. City planning in Kamloops is very much geared towards in-fill, not urban sprawl, so population density will only get greater here. There's no magic solution to finding natural resources that will support a sprawling low-density population.
#42
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The boom in Alberta and BC prime examples of where people are needed, people only go to the likes of Toronto because it is the biggest city and therefore acts like a magnet. If people move to the GTA or GVA and complain about population density well there are plenty of other parts of Canada that they can move to and find jobs as well.
#44
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My daughter, who works in the GSW unit of the hospital local to there sees about one new one a week, they don't usually make the news unless there are multiple victims. She doesn't see the dead ones of course.
Note that people don't get shot in theatres but in nightclubs or on the street late at night, I should think that you could work in a theatre for years and, if you didn't go out afterwards, never see violent crime.
Note that people don't get shot in theatres but in nightclubs or on the street late at night, I should think that you could work in a theatre for years and, if you didn't go out afterwards, never see violent crime.
#45
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My daughter, who works in the GSW unit of the hospital local to there sees about one new one a week, they don't usually make the news unless there are multiple victims. She doesn't see the dead ones of course.
Note that people don't get shot in theatres but in nightclubs or on the street late at night, I should think that you could work in a theatre for years and, if you didn't go out afterwards, never see violent crime.
Note that people don't get shot in theatres but in nightclubs or on the street late at night, I should think that you could work in a theatre for years and, if you didn't go out afterwards, never see violent crime.