Seriously? When I was little I knew many kids who lived in apartments and townhouses.
My parents wouldn't let me play with the kids that grew up in the projects.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 12:49 PM
Seriously? When I was little I knew many kids who lived in apartments and townhouses.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 12:52 PM
One option that I have not seen emphasized enough and has not been tried in Victoria is real rowhousing. I don't mean strata townhouses but rather individual homes built right next to each other with dual firewalls and a property line in between. There are many places near downtown that could easily have this sort of development.
The benefit is that it is higher denisty than SFD's you don't have to be in a stupid strata and you can still have a yard in the back.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 01:02 PM
"Early in 1917, in view of the world-wide shortage of food stuffs, an active campaign was inaugurated by [Victoria] City Council to stimulate production by means of cultivation of vacant lots and backyards. Briefly, the campaign was extremely successful; the response of the citizens was beyond expectation...
"...Much greater necessity exists for increased food production in 1918. All authorities agree that the world supply of food is reduced to famine conditions in many countries, and to within a fraction of the famine line in the most favoured localities. 'Every little bit counts,' and it is earnestly to be hoped that the response, in Victoria, of the 'Back-yard and Vacant Lot Brigade,' during 1918, will greatly exceed the excellent record of 1917."
A Vancouver newspaper in 1943 counted 52,000 Victory Gardens in the area, each growing an average 550 pounds of vegetables. The total value of the food grown was estimated at $4 million.
And that amount may not have included eggs. Back in the 1940s, reports City Farmer, Vancouver residents could keep up to 12 chickens without a permit.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 01:41 PM
As it stands, BC has more than 4.7 million hectares of land in the ALR. This is almost the exact same amount as in 1974 when the ALR was created.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 02:29 PM
Posted 28 January 2010 - 04:40 PM
Apples are not oranges and vice versa. A lot of the land that has been added to the ALR is lesser quality that what was taken out.
As for the initial thesis that food security is bunk, I argue that with oil prices set to rise (and they will) shipping food long distances is simply not going to be practical and we will rue every arable acre we have taken out of the ALR.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 04:43 PM
One option that I have not seen emphasized enough and has not been tried in Victoria is real rowhousing. I don't mean strata townhouses but rather individual homes built right next to each other with dual firewalls and a property line in between. There are many places near downtown that could easily have this sort of development.
The benefit is that it is higher denisty than SFD's you don't have to be in a stupid strata and you can still have a yard in the back.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 04:53 PM
On individual fee simple titles you can not build row housing because of the zoning bylaws and requirements for setbacks from the property line. This is the real reason we do not see row housing like one sees in Europe.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 05:21 PM
Yes, but there is no reason council could not create new zoning to allow them if they saw fit.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 05:56 PM
Posted 28 January 2010 - 06:58 PM
What happened to the brownstones that were to be built in Langford?
Posted 28 January 2010 - 07:00 PM
What happened to this thread?
Posted 31 January 2010 - 10:55 AM
The fact is, most everyone desires to own a house. New Yorkers might find that strange, but it's true for anyone that lives around here. I don't think I have a single friend that didn't grow up in a family house.
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Posted 06 April 2010 - 08:02 AM
Questions raised about Madrona Farm purchase
'I think there's a lot of loose ends,' prominent neighbour suggests
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
April 6, 2010
A member of a prominent farming family is questioning what guarantees are in place to ensure Madrona Farm will be farmed in perpetuity, after Greater Victoria donors raised more than $2.2 million to buy the property in the hope of preserving the land for agriculture.
Posted 18 March 2011 - 09:29 PM
Some restaurants in BC have removed tomatoes from their menus, this after the poor quality and supply and higher price of tomato crops this season, something the leader of the BC Green Party says raises questions about food security.
Jane Sterk says this situation serves as a good wake up call, about relying on other countries as food sources.
Posted 19 March 2011 - 07:04 PM
Hmm, yeah, let's rely on the local winter crop of tomatoes....
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