The Missing Middle Mystery
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- Опубликовано: 31 окт 2020
- Metro Vancouver primarily has two types of housing. High rises or the single family house. What happened to all the buildings in between those sizes?
I had the pleasure of making this video with Urbanarium, a non-profit dedicated to educating and engaging the public in Metro Vancouver on urban planning issues. Check out more of their work at urbanarium.org/
Ooh. I was just about to do a video on this topic, but you just did it way better than I was going to.
Nice! The urban planning channels are coming together
Currently deciding between moving to Vancouver or NL (from SF Bay, a suburban NIMBY sanctuary), and very curious how Europe generally stacks up on this issue
@Greg Rozmarynowycz , Europe is quite diverse, you can't say it's the same everywhere. Though there are old centres in many places that are like these missing middle. Speaking for the Netherlands, we're also dealing with a housing crisis, due to the lack of building activity after the financial crisis and the increasingly smaller households. Urban policies include many different type of zoning here, with a diversity in density, depending on the location. What frustrates me is that in some of these new city edge sprawl development suburban style zoning is still chosen, even though due the lack of density this doesn't add many new homes. Other areas do better like Leidsche Rijn (a new medium density suburb of Utrecht). If you want to be informed/convinced you should whatch some of Not just bikes' video's.
@@jamescochran3413 We need a collaboration between all city planning channels.
I would love to hear your take on the topic!
Thanks for bringing up small local businesses as an element of missing middle. It's not just about townhomes, it's about walkable 15 minute neighbourhoods with enough density to be sustainable!
The solution to the housing crisis is super easy, its to nationalize the land. Abolishing the rent relation entirely. There are plenty of empty buildings around Vancouver. But this is capitalism.
@@chhhhhris Japan, Singapore, and Austria are pretty much very capitalist, but their housing programs are all planned, built, and maintained by the state. And guess what, government housing are built for both the lower and middle classes, and are built better than most private developments. Why can't the US and Canada replicate these?
@@ianhomerpura8937 Canada and the US are already replicating them, I don't see the difference. The state is just an arm of the private sphere, or the will of economic relations. So, the state builds plenty of housing in the west (since the state is captured by private interests), the private sphere just builds housing openly.
@@chhhhhris that's exactly the problem. In those countries, the government competes against the private sphere. The state can actually have a massive leverage even in capitalist societies, since it alone has the monopoly on policymaking and legislation, both on the local and national levels.
@@ianhomerpura8937 The state is run by the private sector. There's no competition between them. Just look at the politicians, how expensive their media campaigns are to get in office, the politicians themselves are capitalists. The only competition is between differing sects of the ruling class, the capitalists who maintain power of the state and those who are fighting for it (big vs small capital e.g.).
For anyone who is interested, last week's Vancouver public hearing is a great example of this issue. The wealthy westside residents will busted their ass to against these developments, even it is a 14 storeys rental building near the future skytrain station on Broadway. More interest part of the story is that they usually said they support the the lower height project, but when there was a 3.5 storeys rental building in Shaughnessy proposed, these NIMBY still against it.
14 storeys is not a 'missing middle', and carelessly uncoordinated in the middle of nowhere on the edge of an area that's under huge revision with Indigenous now reclaiming it. And Shaughnessy objected to the other building Ony because of it's location next to a HOSPICE.
Unfortunately for them renters now outnumber them quite handily and there's no hiding the wealth disparities.
Not all people especially families want to live in apts duplexes or row houses. And most will fight tooth & nail to keep their little surrounding that way. Especially when you pay huge amounts on property taxes. And there will always be a housing shortage when the country continues to bring in migrants. Can't keep caught up with housing.
@@liquidgal9867 oooh, blaming immigrants. charming.
@@gauharhayat3461 not blaming migrants you twit! I said more people you bring in and don't keep caught up with housing & infrastructure what do you expect. Duh.
Damn... No wonder this city feels so apart socially, even with housing we are set apart. Good content buddy, don't stop making these
There always was a split between social classes, Vancouver and any other big city just has a way of making it more obvious.
@@xXJumboSauceXx except central Montreal. rich ,poor and everything in-between live together in cozy dense neighbourhoods a la European.
Thank you for creating such a brilliant and articulate description of the failure of single family zoning. I live in South Surrey where the you have to have a car to go anywhere for services and shopping. How wonderful it would be to have local shops and restaurants that were a part of the neighbourhood and within walking distance. Mixed housing neighbourhoods are much more interesting and definitely have a community feel.
@chokolokoloko Wow shiny presentation, but clearly an agenda that needs to be disclosed. Take a drive along Oak Street or Cambie Street and you’ll see new townhouses and duplexes - the not so missing middle. They are part of the Cambie Corridor Plan, which was started back before 2010 when the Canada Line was being completed. There is all sorts of misinformation in this video - when he uses Marine Gateway as an example he fails to mention that if you go one block west of Cambie you’ll find co-op housing, blocks of duplexes, and even more blocks of affordable three story apartments. They area is called Marpole. I think this guy should take a drive through the area. Travel up Cambie and you’ll find blocks of townhouses that have been in the works for years - selling for more than $2 million a piece - sure that’s going to solve the housing crisis. I used to live in both of these areas and I can tell you the issue is developers make more money from condos and that’s why they are a priority for them and secondly and maybe more importantly it takes years to build townhouses - partly the process, the weather, and lack of trades people to speed up the process. I think people are watching the video thinking this is the answer, and why shouldn’t they considering how it’s presented but it’s simply manipulative misinformation. Multiplex units already exist in areas across the city and have for decades, and now the city wants to tear them down as part of the Broadway Plan. This guy wants us to believe that added density to single family home neighbourhoods is the answer, but makes no mention of the fact that many of these homes have rental suites, also known as mortgage helpers, and many of these homes have multi-generations living in them. So from the outside someone might watch this video and think wow, yes this the answer, but it’s not because Vancouver already has issues with density - need to use the ER at VGH, expect a long wait, want to use a community centre on the weekend, in the winter, good luck. Vancouver has been considered a liveable city but that is quickly changing because of development and density. Developers are killing the golden goose, and this guy doesn’t get it, or does he? I also can’t believe he played the race card in this video - that was a hundred years ago. Today and for decades there are all sorts of cultural, ethnic single family home areas in Vancouver. Take a visit to South Main or walk along middle Fraser. Seriously does this guy know the city at all? Truthfully this video is quite racist the way only older white people are shown in the public hearings. I know the single family home area shown in the video east of Cambie and south of King Ed and I can tell you it is mostly Asian-Canadians, second and third generation living in the area. Was the violin for them? Single family home neighbourhoods add to the liveability of the city and changing them, adding to the density does not happen without all sorts of issues. Parking sure - if you can afford a $1 million+ multiplex unit chances are you will have a car, secondly many of these SFH established areas would require expensive plumbing upgrades, and then there is the city infrastructures, hospitals, community centres, roads, which are already going to be stressed given the amount of large scale condo development in the city. Again why do people want to live in Vancouver and is more density really the answer? How about thinking about other places in Canada - Calgary a very liveable city where you can buy a nice three level home for less than the price of a one bedroom condo on Cambie. Not everyone has to live in Vancouver or Toronto. I see the agenda now by watching the end of this video - it’s an industry that wants to benefit from this redevelopment. So point fingers all you want at people that live in these areas and want to protect their interest, but clearly you have a vested interest as well and you have a responsibility to be up front about it - it’s called conflict of interest and if you don’t make it clear then your shiny presentation is nothing more than a manipulation of the masses, similar to what happened a hundred years ago.
The reality is the only way to get into the Vancouver housing market these days is either by inheriting or by being super rich...so another part of the missing middle is the middle class itself, as they are increasingly relegated to renting or looking further and further outward to find reasonably priced homes.
Only to find out housing further away is pretty darn expensive also. As long as immigration levels increase, there will continually be a housing shortage. Oh sorry just saw that your comment is 8mths old. 😲🤣
It wouldn’t matter if the missing middle wasn’t missing the prices would still be really expensive compared to other cities. You can live 100 km away and expect to pay 700k for a townhouse
Creators and artists fled Vancouver a decade ago due to affordability. It’s no coincidence that there is almost no live theatre, non-government art galleries and museums, live music, etc. The interesting people left Vancouver and that’s why it’s a soulless, miserable place to live. Unless you want to look at towers and hike an urban park, there is really nothing to do even as a tourist.
@@tktty Truth. I started planning a trip to VC as a tourist and quickly decided to go to Turkey instead. I'd spend the same amount but get to ride in a hot air balloon over a culturally rich area. In VC I'd just go to a fancy restaurant at a fancy hotel and fly back home.
Yay you posted again!! You don’t post often but everytime you do it’s a treat
I think you really see the negatives of this type of zoning when you take the skytrain into Burnaby. Long stretches of passing over single-family neighborhoods and parks until you get to a "center" like Brentwood or Metrotown. These centers only being developed because they were previously large mall/commercial areas owned by people looking to make a profit. So we've ended up with destination centers where you need to transit through low density housing areas to get from one or the other, which leads to cost prohibitive transit systems. It also means that owning a car and polluting more will be more convenient, and thus incentivized. People who praise Vancouverism need to be aware of these major flaws.
"... you need to transit through low density housing areas to get from one or the other ..." Ooh, the horror of it all!
Vancouverism is by far the best system North America has developed. Visit anywhere in the United States and you’d see just how horrid urban design can be.
@@shaylenpatel6904 hahahahahahahahahaha Vancouver is one of the worst designed cities in the western world
@@shaylenpatel69043/4 of Surrey, BC are still incredibly tarnished by urban waste. There’s a plan to build a rapid transit line into a new frontier here, and we’re still at most building townhouses right beside the stations.
Having moved from Vancouver to Montreal, the difference could not be any more obvious. Montreal is full of triplexes and middle-sized apartments. If anything, we are missing the high rises. But the housing situation here is much easier... makes you think!
Anyway, a fascinating video. If I may offer a suggestion, I think titling it something like "Vancouver's Missing Middle" would get more views. It's hard to know what the video is about for viewers unfamiliar with your content.
Thanks! Yea I’ve definitely heard that Montreal is an exception to this phenomenon, I’ve always wanted to check it out :). And thanks for the advices, I’ll give it a try right now.
@@AboutHere Another important part of the Montreal experience is that most neighbourhoods were built as a parish - every school, shop, professional and service a community needed was within walking distance of the local church or cathedral. Gotta walk on Sunday. The classic Montreal neighbourhood filled with triplexes created walkable density that remains valid to this day.
@@WabacControl that seems likely, might have to move to Montreal, away from Gastown.
Hey, I have been thinking of Montreal too, I moved from the Philippines to Vancouver, only stayed there for 2 months, and now living in Toronto. Rent here is crazy, I live in downtown and our homeless situation is becoming wild, and the mentally ill have become so aggressive, last night I had to dodge 4 of them having an episode, I was literally in and out of the building for 15 minutes and that already felt like the most dangerous thing I’ve ever experienced my whole life.
Anyway, I visited Montreal last year, I love the housing situation as well as the 3 - 4 stories home, it’s so inviting and it seems really comfortable… there was this area I went to where downstairs were restaurants and the upper floor were residential areas, it’s close to the really big park (omg I forgot the name) but that area.
How’s the healthcare though? That’s my biggest concern.
@@absolutelynotnormal healthcare in Quebec is the worst in all of Canada. If you have life threatening illness, wait in line for a few months & hope you don't die, or shell out a couple thousand dollars and get treated instantly in America.
Omg... the bit where you’re scared of the shadow is perfection.
We need this everywhere in BC, and now! Cities elsewhere in BC could learn from Vancouver's mistakes and build middle housing in anticipation of the increasing exodus out of Vancouver.
This lack of middle housing is directly connected to the inability for the middle class to afford to live here. And expecting people to rent basement suites for the rest of their lives is a bit unacceptable.
It could be worse. At least Vancouver allows a “single-family” lot to have both a basement suite and a laneway house. Been an uphill struggle (and mostly a losing one) to allow even a single accessory dwelling unit in Seattle. As someone who has lived in Seattle and has recently moved to Vancouver, I really appreciate the laneway house option. Allows me to live in quiet residential neighborhood that would otherwise be off-limits to someone of my means.
This expertly written, animated, and edited. Truly Vox quality. Bravo 👏🏼
I LOVED the world's smallest violin there.
Reducing set-back requirements for missing middle housing makes so much sense to me.
Perfectly manicured front lawns bug me only be because we seem to be obsessed with devoting space (and time and effort) to maintain lawns but seemingly never sit down to enjoy them. How often do you see someone in Vancouver sitting on their lawn, relaxing on the grass, waving "hi" to their neighbours etc. Instead we love to merely look at the neatly cut grass.
That space could be used much better!
This is really cool to see, having lived in Vancouver for the past 5 years, Brentwood for half of it. Coming from a smaller town it was really weird walking through the suburbs being able to navigate off of those monoliths on the horizon
Building missing middle housing is also essential to slowing climate change. Because of these rules we've pushed out all the growth into the suburbs; clearcutting forests to create sprawling neighborhoods that you need a car (or multiple) to live in. Some neighborhoods in the City of Vancouver have actually *decreased* in population in the last two decades. We need more housing close to the city, where people can take transit, bike or walk to work instead of driving.
Really good point. In addition to slowing climate change by halting the expansion of urban sprawls and reducing the need for vehicles, building middle housing requires less concrete, steel, and other carbon intense construction materials. BC (and CoV) recently allowed the construction of mass timber construction up to 12 stories in height for buildings: hopefully this signals a willingness to pursue a middle housing strategy in the future.
Not to mention high rises are terrrrible for the environment. We could build all of the middle housing from sustainably managed forests. Thats "the greenest city."
@@aabb55777 Isn't that just suburbia? That would be even worse because it would take up way more space, as well as create longer car trips
Nothing Vancouver or Canada does will affect Global climate change. What, do you think that if Vancouver achieves 'net zero' a majical dome will occur over the city? What a sheep.
Play god and enjoy a quick destruction lol
I just realized that the Zoning bylaw is literally another form of racism. I honestly didn’t think too much about the zoning laws until today so thank you and so love your content!
It’s funny how they wanted the Chinese out and now they’re buying all their homes from them. Plus tearing down their old, crappy homes to build mini-mansions.
@@sharinglungs3226 OMG. You are so right. They are so triggered by Asians doing these things when they themselves allowed it to happen. When Asians are the ones buying the homes it’s bad, but if it’s the white ones, it’s an investment, for them and their children’s future. 🙄
@@absolutelynotnormal It's not Asians living here buying homes that are bad. It's Asians who don't even live here, buying massive amounts of real estate, only to leave it empty and decaying in many cases.
Literally, zoning segregated us all. We either had money to live in a SFH or were trapped renting in a high rise... this had led to a lot of intergenerational issues
there is actually a lot of middle houses everywhere, they just look like houses but its rented out to 10 people or all separate rooms or basement...
Highly informative! I’m writing a PhD on a very similarly-structured problem in Ireland (also experiencing a housing crisis) - for us, it’s the “missing extremes” - our zoning laws basically don’t allow secondary suites, and we’re also not yet on-board with high rise apartments, even where they would be suitable and beneficial.
The solution to the housing crisis is super easy, its to nationalize the land. Abolishing the rent relation entirely. There are plenty of empty buildings around Vancouver. But this is capitalism.
@@chhhhhris Look how well the USSR did and Russia today. NO, this is not the issue. Private investment would love to create more affordable housing if it were not for the issues discussed in this video, we need less government regulation not more. Regulation is the issue and the government creates problems (Such as the housing crisis) and by the time it fixes them its too late.
@@justauser nah the overproduction of housing is whack, plus the high cost of living, plus poor paying jobs. There is your problem. Go look at Haiti... not much government regulation there.
I, only today, found your videos and I am watching quite a few of them. What I like about them is that you can listen to them without watching the video which is great for walking longer distances
The missing middle would help greatly, but in most major Canadian cities (excluding those in Alberta and Quebec), there is not enough housing regardless of type. And there is so much red tape and bureaucracy into actually getting a proposal through the corrupt city council, that it is only profitable for developers to build condos.
I'm super happy that where I live in Langley we're building more middle. I live in a townhouse, there's a 6-storey condo building being built behind me with rowhomes behind, and a cohousing development starting next year down the street. Yay!
Another awesome video Uytae!
Langley sucks now, too many people, constant gridlock. I sold at the peak and moved to the Kootenays, loving it.
It's wild how in Vancouver we call them "Single Family Homes" but there's always 2-3 suites in each house with sometimes 4+ families living in one home.
It is interesting how some older neighbourhoods from the 1970s have such middle sized apartment homes. Hopefully the changes to zoning coming from the Broadway project will help creating more such middle sized spaces.
Best video yet! Would love to see more. This is what I hope journalism transforms into.
Man, your content is so well done. I always learn so much from your videos! You have found your calling for sure.
I'm just here to say that the soundtrack choice of this video is an absolute masterclass of curatorship! ❤
These videos are as informative as they are entertaining. Thanks for packaging such valuable information into an enjoyable presentation Uytae. Excellent work!
Keep on doing this stuff. So glad I stumbled on to your site. You are among the very best scholars and advocates for land use reform. I love/hate when you show people dissing on mid level scale housing. The stupidity is hilarious and scary at the same time.
Smashed that like button right in the intro because that level of dedication to editing and set dec for the title card alone is amazing.
I'm so happy I found this video! This did a great job of breaking down the historical factors of Vancouver's housing crisis.
Another point that is not often brought up is that it costs a lot more to build skyscrapers than to build small and medium sized buildings. It can cost twice as much to build the same apartment in a skyscraper as in a 4 story building.
This creates a weird situation where the new condos are too expensive to buy because construction costs are high, and houses are too expensive to buy because they come with a huge chunk of highly sought after land. If middle housing is built instead, construction cost go down and quality of living actually improves.
I just discovered your channel. As an urban planner I truly appreciate these videos! I feel like to show some of your videos during our public outreach!
It’s always a good day when you post. I definitely learned some things here.
Small walk ups with 11-12 apartments are the perfect size. Will a bunch of these built every year help solve the housing crisis. Yeah it probably will. It's like building your savings, you don't wait for years and do nothing and hope for a big windfall eventually, you chip away every month and build it up. Building one giant tower somewhere every 5 years gets you 150 units or so. Adding 12 units a month for 5 year adds up to 720 units and 60 new cafes and restaurants across the city that are all illegal to build today. The best buildings and neighborhoods in the city were all established in the early 1900s and our city government, NIMBYs and zoning can't take credit for any of it.
NO. walkups are old tech. What COULD be done is the three story apartments all through the lower mainland (frame with a concrete base) could be re=zoned to FIVE stories (it's being done in some US cities)> Wood framing can easily be five stories. The foundation and boiler room wouldn't even need upgrading, but that would happen. You then have a lot more affordable rents in the very same footprint.
Fantastic video as usual! Thank you!
Best video about missing middle housing on RUclips. Editing is amazing.
The production quality is amazing! I hope you continue to make more of these!!
Love the quality of these, can’t wait for the next one in a few months!
This is fantastic! You've laid out one facet of the housing crisis so clearly and effectively.
Yay!! I get so excited when you post. I’m saving this for later. 💚
It's an interesting argument in theory. I live in North Burnaby along Hastings Street, where we've had this middle density for many years, creating a solid community with many small independent stores. The city has changed the zoning to allow higher density going from two and three story buildings to to 5 story buildings. They used to be mostly retail on the bottom and rentals on top and now they are retail on the bottom and condos on top. What I've noticed, and I saw this happen in Kits as well, is that the old independent businesses are not moving back in. They can't afford the rents of the new buildings. They are being replaced by franchises and chains. That's a shame.
That's the way it is in the U.S., too. Last night I was at a community meeting about "missing middle" housing and learned that funding for mixed use developments often requires builders to charge a certain amount of rent for their commercial/retail space, which means they can't take chances on small, local start-up businesses even if they want to. In my city there's no minimum square footage requirement for retail/commercial space that must be included, so developers build a bunch of residential units, drop in a Starbucks, and call it "mixed use"- yeah, that's not helpful to the community. I also hate the look of the U.S.'s mixed use development's vs how it was done in european cities. U.S. developments= ugly & soulless.
I stayed at the Atrium Inn on E. Hastings St. last weekend. I took photos of the residential area behind/north of the hotel. I was struck by (and not in a good way) the "a-hole to bellybutton" way in which housing was built. It was an uninterrupted sea of pavement , housing, and not a lot of trees. No front yard, no backyard, and houses built within 5 ft of each other with a little walkway between. I can't imagine having your neighbors live practically on top of you like that is pleasant. Do we need HUGE yards? No... but there were literally NO yards at all, not even a place to plant or little patches of grass out front for kids to play. It was depressing and an example of OVERdensification.
Another great, informative vid! Always learn so much. Well done.
This was great. You should hook up with The Sightline Institute in Seattle. They are working on the same issue in Seattle and Portland. You and they would have great synergy.
I love watching your videos as a young newcomer to Vancouver. You make excellent videos that are keeping your viewers socially aware of issues surrounding Vancouver and what can be done to make it better! Your positive attitude is inspiring and I would like to thank you for helping newcomers to Vancouver be aware of what is going on here and what we can do to change it.
I think this 'missing middle' is a sustainable urban solution for so many cities - it would transform Vancouver - but it would also help a lot of smaller cities grow!
Interesting! I loved Vancouver when visiting but this was one of the things I really noticed. Such a contrast between downtown and the rest of the city. Here in Edinburgh (UK) we thankfully have a lot of the middle housing, which is largely made up of sandstone tenements usually 4-5 stories high which makes up a lot of the housing stock in the inner city. This makes it a really walkable, pretty, great city to live in
Very well done video. Thanks for your work!
Bro I just had to pause the video halfway through and just wow the editing and effort you put into these videos are great keep up the hard work man you're going places
Great video. Thanks for them in depth journalism
I don’t know how your videos got into my feed, but I am so grateful! 💚
10/10 amazing work! You deserve more recognition for your videos here on RUclips!! Underrated channel for sure!
Always excited when I see a new video from you
Love your channel! Binge watching all the videos rn!
Great to see another new video! This is such an interesting point thank u for sharing this point of view!
Your videos are totally worth the wait. Keep it up. Loving it
Your videos are amazing! Thank you for putting in the effort to make Vancouver history so accessible.
Re: missing middle. This vid completely omitted the Cambie and Oak corridor projects that address this very issue. Row housing projects there are under way already. Many current projects are around the Winona park neighbourhood.
Despite this, units are small and still values at 1.2M, which is still inaccessible to many. Thus, demand is still outpacing the rate of supply. Outside the box thinking needs to be on the table to better utilize the single family dwellings now.
Thank you Uytae! What a great piece. Curious about the "Something Is Missing Here" track by you!!
Man what a great channel! I lived in Vancouver for 5 months back in 2019 and it's great to hear from a Vancouverite about the city!
Your videos are brilliant. It's so great to see quality content about Vancouver.
Awesome video! Excellent production with well researched content. Thank you for making this and fingers crossed this helps influence some local decision makers!
Great video! The production, the quality, the content. All so good.
this channel is so incredibly underrated. Your videos are a pleasure to watch
Incredible editing and so informative. This is extremely well done.
Really excellent video. One of the best I've seen on Missing Middle!
Lmao at the wasp nimby boomers at that public hearing.
I'm three months late to this video, and agape at the attitude of entitlement on display. :|
You should have seen the hearings about skytrain using the train track which is now the arbutus greenway. A resident stood up and said "we are the creme de la creme of the city" and won't be pushed around by COV/Translink, implying that she and her peers are better than the poors who live along the Expo Line.
Haha yeah, I noticed that boomer-train too. It's going to be interesting to see what change comes about as that generation enters the history books.
"Wasp nimby boomers?" What an ignorant thing to say. People who care about the development and future of Vancouver shouldn't be scoffed at. Building more shit and doubling the population has consequences. You'll likely be singing a different tune when you're 50-60 years old wondering how your beautiful city somehow devolved into a modern day San Francisco.
@@justinkerr6174 lol a modern day San Francisco???God forbid!!!
I love the way you document and present your style in your cinematography, i hope you're finding more ways to enjoy expanding your channel
As a former young municipal elected official, this piece hits hard. One, because I am a renter. Two, because the ignorance / cowardice of local elected officials to tell NIMBYs and BANANAs to pound sand is soul crushing. Don't get into politics if you can't make hard choices.
This article hits the nail on the head on how you can densify with out sacrificing the character of the neighborhood. It's just construction materials and paint that make the difference... which can be in the bylaws.
And the parking argument is getting so damn old and stale... especially in places like Vancouver that have good transit.
I know what NIMBYs are but what are BANANAs?
@@ANTSEMUT1 Dont build anything, near anything, near anywhere
@@MatteusClement what??? how is that even acceptable? That almost seems Criminal.
The need for private mobility and transit is a creation of an unbalanced blend of zoning in the first place. These single home lots in their monolithic enclaves create an environment where one cannot get to their place of work nor gather the necessities of life within their own geographic area. These owners don't use their generous sized lots to produce food or do much of anything else these days, mostly because it is prohibited. They travel to other neighbourhoods to participate in all those things that they find undesirable in their own areas, like shopping, entertainment, dining and intermingling with lower income folks. Its too far to walk to public amenities so useful land is allocated to parking privileged user's cars......etc
You are alienating your customers by doing that. They won't come back. The same attitude by elected officials led to middle class flight from cities and it's clear how bad off cities like Baltimore are.
Holy moly, your video quality is phenomenal! Well done!
Ah!!! Always so excited when you post. Love the quality content, thank you for feeding our brains during this pandemic 💪🏼
Burnaby Heights has been building 4 story and 5 story buildings with shop fronts along East Hastings street. They look nice and the rise isn’t too much of a contrast from what was already there.
This is fantastic. Great video, very pertinent to my life.
So good man! Keep up the great work!
Excellent post and you are right.
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HOLYY!! I'm so happy I stumbled across your video/channel!! This is so well made and so informative, also love the humour :D can't wait to see more!
I really enjoyed this video, as much as it is disturbing. It's great to see someone talking about this, and the production was amazing. Subscribed!
Wonderful work.
Thank you for your insight
Your editing is truly charming. I love it.
Great video Uytae! I grew up in Vancouver but didn't know this history behind the zoning laws, or fully realize the effect they've had on the shape of the city.
Thanks for the video, it was a delight to learn about
I'm really impressed by the high quality of these videos. Keep it up. 👌
Great work once again! Keep it up!
I really enjoyed the video! Looking forward to more
Incredible video! New to your channel but this was incredibly well done. In many ways it helped contextualize what I notice in Los Angeles as I drive around as well!
Awesome video as always keep up the great work
This is very, very, very good. As a film as an information conduit. Congratulations to all involved. If all documentaries were as good as this we would all know a lot more about what we all need to know about the real world and how to make it a place fit for humans.
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This was fascinating to watch, you're an amazing and persuasive presenter!
Phenomenal video man. Keep up the great work!!!
Very well presented thank you.
Wow! Great video and great work. Keep it up!
Awesome video. Super informative, really nicely executed. Good job!
Great video! Awesome humour and simple to understand for those who are not urbanists.
You present useful information and insights in a very entertaining way. Wish I'd found this channel sooner!
Not even from anywhere near Vancouver, but this channel is a gift to urban design RUclips
You make great videos. You're the best urban planning creator, in my opinion. I agree with you 100%. And would love some middle housing for my young family. Keep up the excellent work!
Great work!