Strasburg Rd apartment complex | 12 fl | ? m | Proposed

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But I think that if you buy next to land that just happens to be undeveloped, well, you should sort of be out of luck when it actually gets developed.

Should this apply for any piece of property, even downtown?  Municipal government is supposed to balance the needs of existing residents and incoming residents.  Municipal standards are also supposed to help, but recently it seems like existing residents get the short shrift in favour of the development-flavour-of-the-day.  Official plans don't appear to be worth their weight much either.

Often if you stake an extreme NIMBY position, you stand a better chance of negotiating down to something reasonable rather than first staking a reasonable position only to see it negotiated away and ending up with nothing.