GTA's Future

[explorerzip]

You must live in the 'burbs.
Downtown amalgamation has been a disaster.

Technically speaking, there was never such a thing as downtown amalgamation. The cities inside the old Metropolitan Toronto: Etobicoke, North York, East York, York, Scarborough (which most consider the suburbs) and The City of Toronto (which most consider downtown) were amalgamated into a single level of government and unified their by-laws. That's why Etobicoke had privatized garbage first.

 

[niniveh]

Way back when as the GTA was first announced, my favorite CBC radio host the late Max Ferguson on Rawhide announced: "Winnipeggers awoke today to find out they had joined the GTA."

 

[Smallcock]

The GTA is totally different than HK and Singapore. Both of those cities are hemmed in geographically; Singapore is an island and most of Hong Kong is an island with mountainous terrain. That's why there are so many sky scrapers in those cities and a transit system to go with it. There's no such limitations in the GTA. Finding detached housing is still possible in the GTA, but you're just living further afield in places like Stouffville, Guelph, etc.

True and that's why prices in Toronto are so cheap compared to those cities. Condo prices across major cities of the world: http://condos.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Avg-Price-per-sqft.png

 

[Frankfooter]

Technically speaking, there was never such a thing as downtown amalgamation. The cities inside the old Metropolitan Toronto: Etobicoke, North York, East York, York, Scarborough (which most consider the suburbs) and The City of Toronto (which most consider downtown) were amalgamated into a single level of government and unified their by-laws. That's why Etobicoke had privatized garbage first.

Sorry, missing comma.
Downtown, amalgamation has been a disaster.

 

[Celticman]

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Some of the other regions that you mentioned want absolutely nothing to do with the City of Toronto and want to maintain to maintain their distinction. Toronto is often still a bad word to those Ontarians born outside of Hogtown and to those who have moved out if it also. They want the same transfer payments from Queens Park that Toronto uniquely enjoys however.

Why would any region want to submit to the dysfunctional will of the NDP influenced TO city council?

 

[dirkd101]

I don't see Toronto proper absorbing any of the surrounding municipalities, turning into a bigger entity than it is a present. As it stands now Toronto relies on the province and feds for hand-outs and I don't think that the municipalities, as they stand now in the GTA, would stand for the city siphoning off their tax base, to fund the City. With property taxes in the outlying regions being what they are, would the residents inside the city like having their taxes raised to be on par with those in the rest of the GTA or would there be a disparity in how the residents are taxed within this greater city?

 

[Frankfooter]

Why would any region want to submit to the dysfunctional will of the NDP influenced TO city council?

The same reason that the downtown doesn't want to be run by a Rob Ford or Mel Lastman.
Miller would have given us transit city, the 'burbs and Ford gave us a $1 billion, three stop, 30 year tax debt.

 

[lomotil]

The same reason that the downtown doesn't want to be run by a Rob Ford or Mel Lastman.
Miller would have given us transit city, the 'burbs and Ford gave us a $1 billion, three stop, 30 year tax debt.

Why would any region want to submit to the dysfunctional will of the NDP influenced TO city council?

Both of you have valid points, that is why we need checks and balances and even then things do not necessarily go smoothly.

 

[explorerzip]

The same reason that the downtown doesn't want to be run by a Rob Ford or Mel Lastman.
Miller would have given us transit city, the 'burbs and Ford gave us a $1 billion, three stop, 30 year tax debt.

Actually, it's just a one stop extension.