General Suburban Updates and Rumours

[danbrotherston]

Well, if they actually allowed proper student housing in the neighborhood then they wouldn't have to worry about it arriving by stealth.

But for some reason student housing shouldn't exist next to a college, apparently.

Very true.

Funny question though, why doesn’t Conestoga College just build a bunch of student residences? Don’t they have tons of space there? And it would fix their traffic/parking problems. There shouldn’t be any zoning issues because their land is already zoned for post-secondary institution, and student residences are part of having a post-secondary institution.

I don't think that would actually solve the problem, Laurier and UW both have residences, and yet the surrounding area is also filled with student housing.  Students don't want to be (and shouldn't be) segregated off in the school campus.

It's also worth noting that I don't think there are any ammenities on the constoga campus, UW and Laurier aren't great either, but they have 24/7 food, and medical facilities on campus, and other services like dental, hair, etc. very nearby.  Constoga college is far more isolated, even Doon is not great, but it's less isolated than the college.