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Originally Posted by miketoronto
Most of Canada's suburban development is sprawly, but also not sprawly at the same time.
Our suburbs are approaching the density of most inner city neighbourhoods. If you look at the new suburbs going up in Toronto, those subdivisions have housing that would fit right in, down in the Beaches area of Toronto, or other areas. In fact I think the inner city may have more grass and backyard space than lot of these new subdivisions.
Where the sprawl comes into play, is the way these new areas are designed, and the almost 100% auto dependency, etc.
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In Toronto, you're right - the housing I've seen in Milton, the newer parts of Mississauga, etc. is very dense. That's not the case in London; although newer housing is more dense than it was in the 1950s, lot sizes in newer parts of London are still quite large compared with Toronto's suburbs. And in the communities near the city such as Ilderton, the lots are even larger.