01-09-2022, 02:23 PM
(01-08-2022, 08:15 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(01-07-2022, 07:53 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: Speaking of NIMBYs, the typical argument I'm most sympathetic to is regarding sightlines and privacy. If I building like this goes up, I'll be choosing between moving or never seeing the sun in my home again. I just want to live in a 3-5 story neighbourhood, friends.
The reality is that this is the core of the core: these are the blocks where there is bound to be the highest density and the tallest buildings. It's great for some, no fun for other people. But if you do want to live in a mid-rise neighbourhood, I expect that (in the longer run) it will need to be a bit further from the core.
I understand that, I'm just sympathetic to people losing privacy they previously had, and wouldn't like it myself.
While I don't personally understand why, some people want to live in a highrise neighbourhood, and I won't resist that being developed even if it's not for me. My issue is that the midrise mixed used neighbourhood that DTK has been is slowly being replaced with a highrise mixed used neighbourhood, and no (IMO) adequate replacement for what DTK was is being developed. From my perspective we are slowly becoming what every other North American city is: a choice between an extremely dense highrise core, and suburbia. Neither are places I want to live, at least not in their typical North American forms.