6VIC (600 Victoria St S) | 3 fl | Proposed

[danbrotherston]

I think the misrepresentation being referred to is showing a four lane high speed highway which has killed several people at this location as a small inoffensive residential street with more pedestrians than cars.

This is what I might WANT, but it is certainly not what exists, and the city's policy will not create that in the future.

That being said, I'm not sure how you legislate this, it's a graphic image, none of it exactly matches reality, so of course it's going to show the development in the best light. Anyone who buys a property without even visiting the site on google maps I dunno...whatever...I know it's a missrepresentation, but it's not a hard to see through.

Yeah, this is more what I was trying to say. It's more about the representation of the road than the trees. That said, I don't know if the term "greenwashing" applies here, but I do think it's a problem in this kind of advertising.

Basically, I view this as a form of false advertising. Of course it's hard or impossible to legislate. Since it's not a photograph of a real thing, it's never going to be perfectly accurate. I think people who do their research before buying a place like this can still be influenced by advertising like this without realizing it.

To be honest, even if it was a real photograph, you could take one which makes the road look not that unpleasant.

But you're right, advertising can influence people, even when they are faced with reality. Exhibit A: People buy cars because of car ads, and believe the cultural lies that car ads tell them, even when facing daily traffic on the 401.

Ultimately, I'm not sure it's a bad thing though...the more people there are who are angry about bad roads and traffic, rather than living in a cul-de-sac who pretend the traffic they generate isn't a problem because they don't have traffic, the better.