07-01-2015, 09:19 AM
I recently had occasion to view a unit at The Red. It is handy to transit. In fact, if you were careless on your balcony, you could spill your morning coffee on the ION.
The real estate agent pointed out (literally, in the manner of "Behold!") the strategy adopted by residents who did not want to buy a parking spot, but who wanted one (or more). The back yard of a vintage house on Mary Street had been paved over, and 7 or 8 parking spots had been neatly delineated. The residents of The Red were renting them, with easy access to their residences through a gate giving onto The Red's lane.
I speculate that the neighbours of the opportunistic Mary Street parking lot are disappointed that they are no longer viewing from their deck a garden, but a parking lot. However, they are NIMBYs, who are by definition disentitled to maintain any acquired or purchased expectation. So I suppose they in turn could forego gardening in favour of becoming vehicular landlords, and so on down the block, which would thereupon be truly busted.
Somebody always pays.
The real estate agent pointed out (literally, in the manner of "Behold!") the strategy adopted by residents who did not want to buy a parking spot, but who wanted one (or more). The back yard of a vintage house on Mary Street had been paved over, and 7 or 8 parking spots had been neatly delineated. The residents of The Red were renting them, with easy access to their residences through a gate giving onto The Red's lane.
I speculate that the neighbours of the opportunistic Mary Street parking lot are disappointed that they are no longer viewing from their deck a garden, but a parking lot. However, they are NIMBYs, who are by definition disentitled to maintain any acquired or purchased expectation. So I suppose they in turn could forego gardening in favour of becoming vehicular landlords, and so on down the block, which would thereupon be truly busted.
Somebody always pays.