10-23-2020, 01:22 PM
(10-23-2020, 12:25 AM)Momo26 Wrote: Speaking of neighbours' voices...wheres the sheet where people sign up to say Thank You to a company like this investing hundreds of millions in the Region and namely their neighbourhood, increasing their home value substantially, and taking an area of sheer mediocrity to the focal point of all of Waterloo Region?
Yes, they should get on their hands and knees grovel in gratitude towards the benevolent Google. I don't know why it always seems so shocking to many members of this forum that some people could possibly be happy, content, and fulfilled with the state of their neighbourhood and/or city. Growth and change are not inherently good, and even the positive forms of both can come with negative consequences for certain individuals. Calling it an area of "sheer mediocrity" is quite presumptuous about how the actual residents feel about their homes (maybe you live in this neighbourhood and feel differently, which is fine). Perhaps they even do feel it's a mediocre area, and maybe that's what they want out of a place to live.
These comments sort of remind me of the Chateau Laurier debacle, where all the downtown councillors voted against the (IMO) gross addition, and the councillors who don't represent the nearby areas all voted in favour of it.
Now, none of this is to say that their opinions should have any influence on how someone else's property is used. I just thinks it's gross to say that these changes couldn't possibly negatively impact the locals, and to go so far as to say they should be thankful for it.
(10-23-2020, 01:01 AM)jeffster Wrote: Right? Of course!
From what I gather, though, these homes have been purchased by a certain type of people over the past 10 or 15 years or so, really when DTK and the surrounding area started to turn things around. I grew up not far from where Google is, and that area wasn't always, how do you say, prime real estate? So now the new owners have likely spent a tonne of money fixing up their homes, likely gutting the insides and other work, and probably don't care too much about home value, as they likely have no intention on moving, unless it's to their grave.
Though it doesn't change the fact that some of these homes have likely doubled in value, easily, because of Google.
I don't see what matter the home value is if, like you said, they plan to die in the home. A home should be an investment in shelter and nothing more, and someone who plans to die in their home likely feels the same way about that as I do.