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While you rightly comment upon changing land uses etc., I still find myself pondering your argument that Mississauga is not car-centric. Aside from a small (but growing, yes) portion of the 'City Center,' the densification which you speak of has not permeated the suburbs. Mississauga has long catered to the needs of the motorist above those of the pedestrian. Again, this is changing - something evidenced by the attempt to break up the various super-superblocks which constitute the city's core.
That said, I have several friends from different social circles who all embody the automotive-centered principles upon which I believe Mississauga still stands. In the one family (4 people), cars (5) outnumber people. Another has 5 people and 4 cars - the one son is only 13 but is already trolling past Auto Traders for his future chariot. This, In a nutshell, is the image which I feel Mississauga still projects. People living on individual plots of land serviced by amenities which are too far to walk to and inaccessible by transit. Its one thing to speak about what the community will be; the important challenge (especially for someone looking at future of the aforementioned municipality), is not to forget what it is.
That said, I have several friends from different social circles who all embody the automotive-centered principles upon which I believe Mississauga still stands. In the one family (4 people), cars (5) outnumber people. Another has 5 people and 4 cars - the one son is only 13 but is already trolling past Auto Traders for his future chariot. This, In a nutshell, is the image which I feel Mississauga still projects. People living on individual plots of land serviced by amenities which are too far to walk to and inaccessible by transit. Its one thing to speak about what the community will be; the important challenge (especially for someone looking at future of the aforementioned municipality), is not to forget what it is.