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This is a Toronto suburb, American sprawl is not this dense
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Tyler Morin
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Americans will literally work their asses off for 30 years straight just to move into something like this
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Pleeeeease stop replying to tell me this is common in Phoenix or Las Vegas or wherever. You will not match Ontario sprawl in density over any real area. Those houses are two-story semidetached houses on 25’ lots. Even Vegas sprawl is typically 35’ lots min, often only 1.5 stories
It is though. Pretty much all new suburban houses are small lot houses or townhouses. Here are some examples from my own city.
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This is nowhere near as dense, at least the Boyd Acres Rd. one I looked at. Some of these houses are single-story, and the 2-story ones are on 50’ lots. Ontario sprawl is 2-3 stories on ~25’ lots
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I’m sure you can find one example (probably over a smaller area), but usually, no. New lots in Markham are typically 25-35’. New lots in the US Sunbelt are usually 40’-60’. Building heights in the US are usually less too (1-2 stories vs. 2-3 in Ontario).
Markham is the bleeding edge of Toronto sprawl. The city of Toronto was amalgamated so “right next to Toronto” does not make it an inner suburb…it’s an outer suburb. But you’re not gonna find tons of inner US suburbs with 25’-35’ lots either tbh
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It's that dense out west. Look at any LA or San Diego SFH neighborhood.
I specified sprawl, meaning newish construction, not 60-year-old urban neighborhoods. These are 35’ lots in Markham, and the houses are two stories. These are 60’ lots in Yucaipa, and the houses are 1.5 stories
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