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Over 2 Million a year are coming in. Canada does not have infinite space. Most of the country is uninhabitable. It has a harsh climate. Most of the influx goes
by theironhammer 3y ago
Over 2 Million a year are coming in. Canada does not have infinite space. Most of the country is uninhabitable. It has a harsh climate. Most of the influx goes to two cities and their environs.
Housing costs are the most expensive in the developed world.
- beaeglebeached 3y agoYou could make like 20 more Calgaries east of the Rockies with prefabs pumped out WW2 style. The geography there ain't that unique.
- soupbowl 3y agoExcept the last cold snap in Alberta almost took out their power grid. Canada needs infrastructure to build things out and we have not investment in what we have let alone what we need, how can we build out even just 1 more Calgary?
- aprdm 3y agoPeople live in Texas and it /actually/ took out their power grid..
- beaeglebeached 3y agoI have no power service at all. Generator+solar, not that hard to figure out what to do for weak grids.
- tharmas 3y agoBut that's not how city economics works. And most immigrants are from India and China. They, quite rightly, prefer to settle in places were their are others who share the same language and culture. That's Toronto and Vancouver. That's also were the jobs are.
- beaeglebeached 3y agoHave they considered moving back to India or China if they want to move the goalposts from 'uninhabitable' to cultural immersion of their homeland/ancestoral homeland?