Viva Towns (19-41 Mill St) | 4 + 3fl | U/C

[danbrotherston]

Would you prefer if I used the word anti-change? The problem I see is that these folks would be upset about anything they perceive as a change to their neighbourhood.

As for whether putting people down like this is productive, it probably isn't, but I also don't think coddling them helps. Probably we just need to refocus things on the need for housing, and ignore the anti-change folks.

By the way, you have no idea how old I am (nor I you), I've also experienced being wrong plenty (I have literally been wrong about this before). But I also know exactly what to think about NIMBYs during a housing crisis. There is a lot I don't agree with how development is going on in the city (I think we should have a LOT more 3-6 storey developments, and then there'd be less need to focus on larger developments), but ultimately, I want to see as much housing built as sustainably as possible as quickly as possible, IMO we're beyond the point where we can realistically be choosy about what we get. We're seeing the price of homes rise 10% per month...that doesn't have a good outcome.

I do think anti-change is much more fair, if applied accurately. Of course people often disguise being anti-change behind other arguments, so there is still the difficulty of accurately reading between the lines, and the difficulty of not subconsciously morphing all opposition into one super-NIMBY entity.

I'm not the language police, so keep writing however you please. It was just more of a suggestion for how you may be framing your thoughts, and maybe how what you write may cause your readers to "Other" people with different... let's say, viewpoints.

And I didn't mean to make any ageist comment, I was just trying to detail my own experiences.

That's all fair.

But I mean, my comment was essentially about the fact that the reliable NIMBY responses are hiding other maybe more legitimate suggestions for the development.

But like I said, at the end of the day, I think we're beyond any criticism, given the housing affordability crisis we're seeing, we should build every home that someone is willing to build. But maybe I'm just looking at the average home price and freaking out a bit.