Saunders talks of Europe as if he knew what he talks about.  He does not.  He sees what he
likes to see.  Europeans love their yards as much as we do in North America.  High Rise
dwellers are mostly recent immigrants from Africa and the ME.  These suburban areas are
ridden with riots and general malaise and unhappiness.  Sure there are middle class Europeans in Rome and Paris and Stockholm who love their downtown patrician apartments or newly built 5 stories with huge terraces, ample room inside and out and with newly built communications networks.  Saunders is so far from the reality.  
In the next issue of Globe and Mail I like to see a photo of the happy family Saunders-Renzetti in their 600 square foot abode up in the sky in the outskirts of Toronto.  At least
Mr. Saunders let us know how you live.