General Suburban Updates and Rumours

[jamincan]

The various villages also have a countryside line. My understanding is that there is still significant greenspace available for development, so it's not an issue that we really have to worry about in the immediate term. In the long term, it's certainly an issue we will face, though. It's not an insurmountable problem, though. Families still manage to live in Toronto and Mississauga despite there not being any new land available for development in those cities. As a community, we have to determine how important that countryside is to us, and whether we are willing to protect it even with mounting housing prices and a changing urban form. In some ways, we don't have a choice. Waterloo Region depends on the aquifers in the region recharging from those lands. At the same time, there is a significant cultural heritage that would be lost if we allow development to further encroach on our rural areas. I for one, would rather find alternatives to developing the townships.