http://www.penopticon.com/2006/06/a-reaction-to-ontarios-places-to-grow-growth-plan/ Skewed Views from Richmond Hill and Southern Ontario Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.penopticon.com/2006/06/a-reaction-to-ontarios-places-to-grow-growth-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-358 The PenOpticon » Blog Archive » Stormwater Retention Pond Blues Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:17:39 +0000 http://www.penopticon.com/blog/2006/06/a-reaction-to-ontarios-places-to-grow-growth-plan/#comment-358 [...] In other words, buy into the "live with nature" marketing dream, but once you move in, just look at "nature" from a safe distance — don’t come near.  Am I mad to think that this way of living is madness? Am I crazy to question Ontario’s "Places to Grow Plan", which anticipates the population of the GTA will double within 25 years? I expect to continue walking the greenbelts and storm ponds in our neighborhood, but only because this is where I live. [...] [...] In other words, buy into the "live with nature" marketing dream, but once you move in, just look at "nature" from a safe distance — don’t come near.  Am I mad to think that this way of living is madness? Am I crazy to question Ontario’s "Places to Grow Plan", which anticipates the population of the GTA will double within 25 years? I expect to continue walking the greenbelts and storm ponds in our neighborhood, but only because this is where I live. [...]

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