^ 100%. And Winnipeg, like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary does have ugly infill but the median standard for quality is better than in Edmonton.
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Originally Posted by Xelebes
The problem with the "desirability" isn't the real thing going on in Edmonton. It's employment centres are spread out. Some of that comes down to geographical reality due to a large river valley. Some of that is due to how the railroads were built in Edmonton. Some of that is down to simple necessity of having chemical factories nowhere near the city centre. People come to Edmonton, find work in spread out places and they realise that they have lots of options to live. One might expect a transportation crisis with it being spread out, but that simple means people live closer to their work.
Desirability of a city centre is a hobby horse of this website, but it doesn't answer the question of why house prices are so low in Edmonton.
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Edmonton is a great place if you love great recreation, good amenities (both public and private, like schools, rec facilities, shopping, theatre), and want a house and don't care as much about vinyl siding and don't want to pay for parking ever. It has a desirability but it is not in urbanism. It can add as much missing middle density as it wants, its still ugly and the residents still drive everywhere. It is good for sustainability though. But yes, you are right!
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