02-21-2017, 02:12 PM
If residents shouldn't have control over their city, who should?
Your second point makes sense to me. But it's not that they are able to "mobilize effective resistance" to development that should matter: what should be important is if they want it or not. If Preston (or anything other potential station) is being included mostly for redevelopment purposes, and the residents don't want redevelopment, why force it on them? Especially if there are other station areas where residents and landowners are interested in redevelopment opportunities.
Your second point makes sense to me. But it's not that they are able to "mobilize effective resistance" to development that should matter: what should be important is if they want it or not. If Preston (or anything other potential station) is being included mostly for redevelopment purposes, and the residents don't want redevelopment, why force it on them? Especially if there are other station areas where residents and landowners are interested in redevelopment opportunities.