sixrings
Senior Member
which are the lowest property taxes in a region of ~8M inhabitants who work at companies in Toronto as well, who's companies pay taxes to help Toronto keep the taxes low.
Toronto taxes might be lower but for 500k in Toronto you get a semi or a townhouse. So essentially we might be paying lower taxes but because of the crazy property values they are still high. Second it takes a lot less infrastructure to service medium to higher densities. Part of the problem with 905 is that a lot of it is very suburban with the majority being detached 2 car garage houses. You have to run a lot more pipes and wire to service streets that spread out. Another point is that because 905 is relatively new there is constantly a need to build more and more schools and hospitals. Toronto for the most part is closing schools if anything.