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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
These are both about 13km from Gare Centrale, a similar distance as Yonge/Sheppard from Union. While it isn't like that consistently for Montreal at that distance, I can't think of anywhere that far from Union where this is the scale of lowrise residential density despite Toronto being a much larger metro areas. This is what having an abundance of missing middle housing looks like.
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Well that is one way it can look. This is a neighbourhood profile of Oakdale-Beverley Heights in North York which is about 13.5km from Union:
The "missing middle" portion combines to 33.5%. Aesthetically it's different from Montreal and not as urbane, I agree, but the lack of missing middle is not the right argument. The following breakdown exists for pretty much any suburban Toronto neighbourhood.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/hJwCgEFg7jyNFXRLA
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XvE4caYKDYt6AGCU6
https://maps.app.goo.gl/8y7KU23uHA18h2Ps7
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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
Yet there are people who think a few blocks of that scale right in or near downtown dispels the idea that Toronto is lacking in that regard.
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Is it lacking though? Toronto's central neighbourhoods cover a large area and have a very respectable density profile within the context of NA. They function pretty much the same as cities in a tier or 2 below NYC. It wouldn't be able to sustain all those great commercial streets otherwise. I think this boils down to an aesthetic argument for you and that's totally fine.
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