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General Suburban Updates and Rumours
tomh009
We need affordable housing.  Let's not allow that to fall victim to yet another NIMBY reaction.
DHLawrence
Am I the only one skeptical of the reason they don't like it?


It would really raise the quality of analysis of these issues if we could dispense with the conventions of (1) seeing a NIMBY with scaly skin and fangs behind every tree and (2) knowing deep in our psyche that these creatures have little reptile brains incapable of any thought besides “devour sentient urbanists”.

The headline writer for The Record was subtly pandering to such stereotypical reactions with “Neighbours nervous about community housing project…”. If you read the actual article, it would appear that all delegations were (a) supportive of a community housing project in that location and (b) OK with various out-of-the-norm details of the proposal, but not all of them. That is actually a pretty good indication of constructive urban discourse.

If you go even beyond the actual article, you would discover that the same gentleman seeking enhancement of the exterior finish of the project had actually consented to multi-unit development next to him in place of an existing single family home in a previous application, and had received compliments from Council. That his present inquiry is reasonable is confirmed by a comment made by Coun. Henry in the article.

Again, going beyond the article and beyond reflexive reactions, there was a neighbouring tenant who expressed reservations about the balcony setbacks. That his inquiry is reasonable is confirmed by a comment made by Coun. Freeman in the article.

The challenge of weighing merits and demerits of a multi-faceted issue is made very easy by “White Hat / Black Hat” thinking. That this easy way out of deliberation is part of human nature is confirmed by the fact that Donald Trump stands an outside chance of becoming the “Leader of the Free World”.

I know that patrons of a forum such as this one are not intellectual pushovers. They counter assertively when their ideals and aspirations are challenged. And I’m willing to bet that they would not hesitate to assert themselves if their interests were jeopardized.

Life is way too messy, complex and interesting to be compartmentalized by simplistic conventions.
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General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by Spokes - 08-25-2014, 04:57 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 11-02-2015, 02:59 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by eizenstriet - 07-01-2016, 10:07 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 07-20-2016, 04:46 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 02-06-2017, 01:33 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 03-10-2017, 01:35 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 03-29-2017, 01:02 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 07-07-2017, 12:24 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 09-25-2017, 12:38 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 01-29-2018, 02:05 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 03-26-2018, 12:47 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 04-23-2018, 12:29 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by kps - 11-04-2018, 03:13 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by Ace - 07-26-2019, 10:01 AM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 08-25-2020, 01:19 AM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by kps - 04-21-2021, 05:08 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 04-20-2021, 02:02 AM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 04-20-2021, 11:05 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 04-21-2021, 11:32 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 04-28-2021, 03:11 AM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 04-28-2021, 02:57 AM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 07-13-2021, 08:06 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 09-25-2021, 11:33 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 04-23-2023, 09:14 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 04-25-2023, 05:06 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by WLU - 06-05-2023, 06:51 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 07-03-2023, 08:08 AM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 02-07-2024, 06:34 PM
RE: General Suburban Updates and Rumours - by nms - 02-17-2024, 12:36 PM
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