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Steady Influx: Tsur Somerville

Sun Well Dept: It's simple, says Tsur Somerville of UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate, according to Vancouver Sun. Well, that puts slow or stop to the steady influx of people -- though the massive loss of amenities if our landscape were to be suddenly levelled might do that automatically and what drives Vancouver's house prices so relentlessly to levels four times higher than Winnipeg's, and more than half again what Torontonians pay? "If you want Winnipeg-level house prices here, all you have to do is tear down the mountains and fill in the ocean." As reported in the news.
@t vancouver sun, urban economics