The Shanley (née Electrohome, 152 Shanley St) | 8 fl | U/C

[Spokes]

Now we can sit back and wait for the NIMBY’s to come out in full force and demand they build a park instead.

You mean like this one?
"I have lived in the downtown core for my entire life and I have seen many changes, most of them detrimental. … Any character that we had downtown has been replaced by pawnshops and restaurants."

Do they miss all the dive bars and strip clubs from before Kitchener and the Region started trying to revitalise DTK?

You'd MAYBE expect this kind of comment from someone living in the suburbs who never goes downtown, but this person starts their comment with the fact that they have lived in the core THEIR ENTIRE LIFE!!  If they've missed the changes to DTK they've clearly not left their home in the last 20 years