I am on 10 ac. Sure I should have tried to buy a few more ac. but there is no way I could afford to buy up the whole east side. At the time I bought my land and built I was told that it would only grow to me say 5 ac lots and would remain rural. Now what is an older retired lady subpost to do??? Moving takes alot of work and effort and not easy as you get older. Just try to find a horse property with fruit trees that produce and less then 1 mill is not going to happen unless you are way way out from everything.
He also took whatever little opportunities he had to promote Canada (his home) over the US. He said Canadian cities are better with finances than US cities. When your entire country has a smaller population than the state of California, it makes a difference. Not exactly an apples to apples comparison.
Still, the math doesn't lie. Pretty sure the same analysis of OKC and its sprawling 600+ square miles would be pretty ugly for such a "fiscally responsible" place.
Sitting at a major intersection yesterday at about 11:45am. Heavy traffic waiting at the lights in every which direction. Except the turn lane. Guess who got the green. We all sat for a long time as no one went through the intersection while the turn light was green.
While he is Canadian, he doesn't live in Canada. He lives somewhere in Europe. Also, population makes a difference in absolute numbers, not in relative numbers. They have a lower population, which means that across their population density is much lower. They have about 1/8 our population density. Considering the whole video was about how density is managed effectively, it seems that you're right, it isn't an apples to apples comparison since Canada would necessarily have a much more difficult density to manage than the US. The fact that they can manage when they are in a much more difficult position is even more striking now. Thanks for making me look that up!
Here is an interesting tidbit of information since you bring up Canada's population and density, 60% of Canadians live south of Seattle. 70% live south of the 49th parallel which is the US/Canadian border from Minnesota to the west.
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