02-03-2017, 03:03 PM
Regardless of whether feedback is solicited or not, NIMBY in this case refers to not wanting development around one's property, even if such development makes sense and fits with the expected density for a site of that magnitude. This feedback was indeed at one of the transit hub charettes, where residents were asked about development potentials. In general, there were proposals to go low-density (<6 storeys), medium density, or high density, at what is effectively the most density-friendly and density-deserving location in the entire region. The feedback I remember hearing was that the low-density option was still too dense, even as the person giving the feedback wouldn't be able to see a 6 storey building from their property were one to be built for the transit hub.