Development in Gordon Head
#21
Posted 27 October 2006 - 08:52 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#22
Posted 27 October 2006 - 09:15 PM
More importantly I second the notion of more Belgian chocolate shops. Nothing beats a nice piece of Belgian chocolate after washing down a few waffles with a couple of beers, except perhaps a portable defibrillator. :smt119
I propose we name this new Belgian quarter of Gordon Head "Wallonia" ... who wouldn't want to live in Wallonia?!
#23
Posted 27 October 2006 - 09:45 PM
Now, someone explain this. Of all the EU countries, Belgium is the only one without a tax agreement with Canada, Belgian drivers licenses cannot be directly transferred (all other EU countries can), no Belgian certificates or degrees are acceptable here (they are for Canadians in Belgium)... I can go on.
Cheers
#24
Posted 27 October 2006 - 10:42 PM
But were these now Belgian suburbs once villages?Now for those who replied on the comparison to Belgium and Gordon Head - yes, density in Belgium as a whole is much higher than the CRD. However, every Belgian town/city has suburbs very similar to those in Saanich and the Western Commuities - the difference is they are planned with commercial/community space within walking distance from most housing. Something that is lacking here.
The other thing you have to consider is the European influence there is on infrastructure in Belgium.
Also there must be high a correlation between density of a country and the size of a tax base. A significant portion of infrastucture comes from the federal level.
I'm just trying to get my head around these differences.
#25
Posted 28 October 2006 - 12:10 AM
#26
Posted 28 October 2006 - 06:40 AM
We need more monasteries! That's who makes the best booze in Europe....Belgian beer is the best, like the whitbeer. Chocolate though, I'm not sold on, Fazer is the chocolate for me. I agree we should turn Gordon Head into Belgium, the more Belgian beers the merrier!
#27
Posted 06 November 2006 - 10:36 AM
Size of Belgium: about 30,500 square kilometres
Size of Vancouver Island: 32,134 square kilometres.
We're a bit bigger but it shows the relative size of things.
And Belgium has 10,400,000 people (the number I found) where as Vancouver island has ~750,000 or so.
Average Density:
Belgium = 341 people per square kilometre
Vancouver Island = 23.3 per square kilometre
So their population density is almost 15 times ours!
For Saanich, the picture is different, from the Saanich website, their population density is about 1,002 person per sq. km., 3 times the average of Belgium. If only the population inside the urban containment boundary is included, and all the farm land north of Wilkinson is removed, the density probably doubles for Saanich.
Just some interesting facts.
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