The European Fallacy: Why Guelph’s Missing Middle Housing Demands Local Evolution, Not Distant Nostalgia
Every municipal election season or local planning workshop, you hear the same romantic comparisons thrown around council chambers and panel discussions. Politicians, mayors, and council colleagues look across the Atlantic to Paris, Vienna, or Copenhagen as the gold standard for dynamic, walkable, medium-density urban living. “Why can’t we build vibrant, five-storey main streets like Amsterdam?”…
