Originally Posted by cornishincanada (Post 13053052)

yes, this urbanification is crazy. Every bit of space is being built on​​​​​​

Originally Posted by CanadaJimmy (Post 13054907)

Most of the land in Langley will never be built on, as it is protected as agricultural land, shown here in green:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FWoeochnoH...Pln_TW_ALR.jpg

That's why we are seeing the move towards building upwards as well as the densification. Yes there are growing pains, but Vancouver is a major city, and the same goes with "getoutofbritainquick" and his move to Victoria, another big city. Eventually the growth reaches the suburbs and they have to densify to accommodate the migration of people moving into the city.

The advantage of this is more urban areas for a less car-dominated life, so this is actually a positive if you don't own a car.


If you are unsatisfied with the growth you may have trouble avoiding it, as Canada is a young country with a lot of country to city migration as well as 300k immigrants per year. Additionally, cities are where all the jobs are. There's less of the kind of UK-style "life in the country but commute via motorway to job in city" opportunities in Canada, it's basically city urban or suburban life or isolation in the sticks, due to how spread out it is and lower population density.


Agree that home prices are out of control though, it's a lot tougher as a new immigrant than it was 12 years ago when I moved here to afford housing. Hopefully more will be done about this.