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Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian
All the people who can afford cars should really live in apartments/houses on the peninsula and use transit in general.
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Sorry, I should not have quoted the first part of your statement as I do not disagree with it. Also, I should have explained my point a little further:
- Owning a car doesn't mean you are rich. For example, a 10 year old Hyundai can be quite cheap to buy and maintain. However, many people (esp. with families) do require the utility of a car and therefore should not be penalized or berated because of it.
- Those that need to own a car, or
choose to own a car might not be able to afford to live on the peninsula, or they may not
want to live on the peninsula.
- Therefore it's somewhat nonsensical to suggest that anybody who can afford a car should live in a location that may not fit their needs or wants.
However, I do agree that good transit options should be made available to all citizens of HRM, regardless of whether they live on the peninsula or not. That's not to say that every suburb should have a bus snaking through every street, but efficient transit with common pickup points (i.e. a LRT station with sufficient parking area) would do wonders in reducing traffic downtown.
I also agree that HRM should increase population density to the peninsula area to make it more affordable to those who choose this lifestyle. Peninsula living should not only be affordable to the rich. I believe the free market would likely determine the saturation point.
I hope this helps explain my position a little better.