urbanfan89
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Which are basically sprawl with islands of some towers.To the south is Malvern, reasonably dense, with established infrastructure.
To the north is Markham/Boxgrove.
Pickering Airport may likely never see the light of day. Pierre Trudeau floated the idea at the same time as he built Mirabel in Montreal. Look how that turned out.To the east will be the Pickering Airport for which business cargo flights will be shifted from Pearson.
To the west is East Beaver Creek (14th Ave and Warden on one axis point, to Hwy 7 and Yonge on the other)
East Beaver Creek will take a while to densify from its current state as an ocean of office parks.
Our sprawl is still contiguous, unlike Detroit and Atlanta where suburbia and rural farmland very slowly transition.Take all of this and the interconnectivity between Stoufville/Uxbridge; Boxgrove/Markham; Pickering/Ajax - all passing thru to go either to York Region or points west into the 416.
Development in the region started in the west, and has now shifted north above the city (almost played out) and is now in full build mode in the east (Ajax, Brooklin).
This is one contiguous region now. The only ones who don't get it is the downtowners singing yesterday's song.
Soaring energy costs will ripple everywhere into life: food, electricity, manufactured goods, medicine, and clothes will all see big inflation (and we've already started seeing it). Therefore peak oil will force everyone to spend a larger and larger proportion of their income on the very basics. The first casualty will be new subdivisions in Milton or North Pickering. Then it will be single family homes, which may be turned into impromptu apartments.A smart car can deliver 100km/3litres. So peak oil is not the issue. GM is working on it's Volt technology, so suburbia will not die.
Explaining all the new highrises and midrises sprouting in Mississauga, Thornhill, Scarborough, Brampton, and those coming in Pickering, Markham, and Richmond Hill.If the city grew so much in the last 10 years, where will the growth emanate from? The inner burbs. Not everyone wants to be a rat in a 400 sq. foot condo. In fact the condo will be the only refuge for owners who can't afford land in the 416.
Most of it will probably come through intensification of existing suburbs. Especially ones that don't entirely rely on cars.In 20 years, if this city adds 1 Million - guanteed most of this growth will not happen downtown.