Ophelia (242-262 Queen St S) | 11 fl | U/C

[tomh009]

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.

It's a contradiction for the neighbourhood, sure. But the people with the signs are not necessarily the ones with the NIMBY attitudes.