08-13-2018, 11:20 AM
(08-13-2018, 10:33 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(08-13-2018, 09:08 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Right now there is a very aggressive push by some in the neighbourhood to get ROOF out, to close down the public washroom, because both are seen as causes of the presence of people that some don't want around. They have been going door to door with a petition which, at the time, was more about proactive enforcement, but the petitioner laid enough groundwork that I suspect they want things like that.
That's so frustrating...what right does anyone in the city have to say that they have a right to try to get rid of other people they don't like the looks of.
To me it's the same attitude as NIMBYism, the same idea that a neighbour who wants to work or live downtown shouldn't be able to, because they'd change "neighbourhood character". Every time I see the signs up on front lawns saying that the people there support refugees, welcome them, but then know that those neighbourhoods oppose development in, nearby, or even appropriate for the core areas of a region which will not long be three quarters of a million people, I lose my mind a bit at the contradiction.