General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[CTGal1011]

Yes. Perceptions will lag reality. But both are (slowly) moving in the right direction.

I've lived in DTK since 2008. The idea that the "bad people" are in DTK and all the good people live outside the DT core is a fallacy so many people continue to tell themselves. Our best friend is local WRP officer and says Activa is one of the worst areas for break-ins and domestics now. They are also starting to catch up in opioid addiction.

But as for meth heads and general tweakers, we still are #1 here on Cedar Hill. Woohoo!

Maybe trashing DTK makes some people living in overpriced, heavily mortgaged, heavily indebted houses in the leafy suburbs feel better, that they are "successful". All that house, all that debt and Canada's debt loads/credit card debt has never been higher. It's hard for most people in the current climate of growing Kitchener to accept that even though a huge amount of property in DTK is rental, and 95% of insolvencies involve people that rent, the fact of the matter is with current debt loads, more and more of people who currently own cannot tap the equity in their homes because they have been using their houses as piggy banks, and their income to debt ratio is now too high. Many many home owners run a real risk of becoming disgruntled renters themselves. The flavour of DTK has for too long been seen as "bad people live there, people who've made bad choices and have failed in life". I know many people who are but a few paycheques away from not being able to afford their homes themselves and being close to insolvency. Projection is toxic. Just imo.