11-16-2019, 06:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-16-2019, 06:26 PM by danbrotherston.)
(11-16-2019, 05:56 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(11-16-2019, 01:41 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: 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.
Depends how much you build. UW has only added MKV and CMH since I came in 1993, and REV was built in approximately 1965 as far as I can tell. If they had continued to build more residences, presumably not as many student apartments would have been created in nearby locations.
That’s not to say that the best solution is to keep building residences until they never fill up (although that is the approach we take to parking, but I digress), but my point is that if there is demand for housing right next to campus then presumably there is demand for housing right on campus, and there might be less trouble with zoning nonsense.
The point about amenities is well taken. That Conestoga College campus is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. Even so, living close to class would likely be desireable for many students, even if they needed to hop in a car or take an interminable bus ride to get to entertainment and grocery options.
Possibly, but I suspect most students in second year and beyond would prefer not to live in dorms, or on campus, even at UW, even if it was available. To be honest, I have no idea what the student life at Conestoga is, it's so remote, I cannot imagine most students there find any street life to enjoy at all, even UW with it's multiple surrounding highways has a more interesting street life for students.
And I do still believe that segregating students in the campus is bad for the community. Not only does unfamiliarity make it easier for people in the community to resent, it also makes it easier for students to leave when they finish, as they will have no attachment to the community, and one of the biggest assets for any community is skilled workers, we really don't want them to leave.
I do think this is one of the biggest advantages of the LRT, is that it will allow students to more easily live elsewhere in the region, and become a part of the community in their later years and be more likely to stay.