Fantastic analysis from data scientist Erik Drysdale: Much of Toronto is actually losing people. 56/140 neighbourhoods are smaller 2016 than in 1971. erikdrysdale.com/DA_kramer/?fbc… 1/ 
The #Topoli idea that Toronto is being overwhelmed by growth is, very simply, false. We have packed 100,000s of people into a handful of places while most of the city, geographically, has been flat or declining. 2/
We often hear that Yonge-Eglinton, a privileged neighbourhood, is overcrowded. In fact it has one tiny island of growth in sea of flat or declining population. 3/
A responsible city planning policy -- or provincial planning policy -- would be setting hard and aggressive targets for pop. growth across large areas of the city. There is excess capacity of all kinds. 4/
This builds on research by Anna Kramer included in #housedividedto 5/
https://twitter.com/alexbozikovic/status/1130921162656165888
Yes. This is pretty much the opposite of current policy. We should ask why.
https://twitter.com/plannersean/status/1359528326684114944
A more general phenomenon: salon.com/2014/10/18/the…
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