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PARADE OF HOMES By MACK PARLIAMENT Director of Publication ftral Estate Association If urban growth continues at the pace that has marked the last century as Canada changed from an agrarian to an Industrial country by the year 2000 only per cent of the population will be rural dwellers At present 30 per cent of the population falls into that category the remaining per cent are city dwellers Despite its almost 4 million square miles of territory unlike the United States Canada is not a nation of several large cities In fact if present trends continue of the per cent of the population who would be living In cities by the year 2000 most of them would be concentrated in three or four large centres like Montreal Toronto and Vancouver and to a lesser degree in expanding cities like Calgary This trend has had a marked effect on the price of houses in the large cities affected by influx people from rural areas and smaller centres As the population of the urban giants increases so does the price of houses The reason is not difficult to find As land surrounding these centres becomes scarcer its price increases and it is not uncommon for the price of the lot on which a house stands to represent 50 per cent or more of the houselot package price It is an elementary economic law that scarcity exerts upward pressure on the price of commodities Therefore it is easy to see why the price of houses in Vancouver are much higher than the national average It is sandwiched between the ocean and the Rocky Mountains making whatever land that is available an extremely valuable commodity Toronto likewise is waterlocked on its southern border making land inside the city and on its northern border more valuable as vacant land within the city becomes rapidly depleted Calgary is alto experiencing growing and this city with Toronto and Vancouver ve the highest average house prices in Canada The now familiar problems associated with urban living are going to multiply especially If Canadian ciUesfoDow the pattern of cities Marcel federal minister of regional economic expansion predicted in a recent speech Jobs and more house construction follow the concentration of plant locations and so the big cities get bigger and Lessard said the problems of congestion pollution personal alienation serviced land shortages housing problems and social unrest are Inevitable Meanwhile the population of many small communities across Canada has been falling as Industry locates elsewhere Some face the threat of virtually extinction Property values fall as people move away and though there may be bargains they are not matched up with em ployment opportunities But they may be bargains for retired couples or families prepared to commute In an attempt to turn the tide so that the present projections for the year 2000 wont become a reality the federal government haB for some time intervened to try to better balance economic growth There has been a concentration of plant locations in large urban centres to the point where Southern Ontario for example accounts for almost half of all Canadian employment and output in manufacturing industries said These activities are expanding in that area at rates greater than those prevailing in the country as a whole Many examples of government in tervention to encourage development of different parts of the country are a part of history But recent intervention according to baa been designed to greater freedom choice for individuals and to Increase the op portunities available to Canadians to work In different regions at different lobs offering long- term security and Income stability In short the aim of the federal government is to encourage small communities to grow and prosper if they have the potential to do so Of course taxpayers money is spent to accomplish the governments objective in constructing roads sewers piers and other necessities for industrial growth But argues that it may be more costly for society to have plants locate near an existing large centre because new schools community centres and other necessities and amenities must be put In place to accommodate the expanded population created by the new Job opportunities Coupled with this are increased land costs not Just for the newcomers but for everybody The land costs and zoning regulations often make it more expensive to build the facilities in large urban centres Meanwhile schools community centres and other facilities in slow growth centres are underutilized He gave as examples of government in tervention a federalprovincial project to develop a steel complex in Reglna a Joint provincialfederal venture to develop a new industrial park in Cornwall a plywood plant in McAdam New Brunswick and another Joint project to establish a bleached pulp mill at St Quebec department hag spent more than billion to have roads sewers schools and industrial parka put In place in slowgrowth areas to attract industry Whether history will show that the demographic projections for the year will in factbecome a reality only time will- tell JON Z0RGE REAL ESTATE Inc 8770155 TROPICAL PARADISE Enioy your swim year round in lovely heated Indoor pool surrounded by tropical plants and trees Beautiful large fish float to and fro In 8 ft long aquarium set In cedar lined walls sauna and With the Impeccably finished 3 bedroom home containing comfortable famllyroom fireplaces gamesroometc placed on secluded treed lot it adds up to a very desirable possession JON Z0RGE REAL ESTATE Inc Realtor 8770155 4572624 ITS ALWAYS CHRISTMAS with the beautiful tree shielding this freshly decorated 3 bedroom brick bungalow Bright kitchen and com pletely finished basement with play and rooms Located on quiet street close to schools and shopping mall Convenient financing available LOTS OF ROOM FOR LITTLE MONEY 3 bedrooms plus convertible den split level design with sunken living dining and kitchen area extra washroom large basement lust yrs old and all tor only JUST RIGHT 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