General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[danbrotherston]

"New developments can in fact destroy a neighbourhood." I hear this often at council meetings. If it were true, shouldn't we have a city full of 'destroyed neighbourhoods'? Where locally has this occurred - where a new development has wrecked an existing neighbourhood? I get that it's subjective too but I honestly can't think of examples.

I think the key is understanding that for certain people "changing" is equivalent to "destroying"...they are incapable of dealing with change.

So in a way, our city is filled with vibrant neighbourhoods which are "destroyed" because they are different than they were 10 years ago.