General Suburban Updates and Rumours

[mpd618]

Am I the only one skeptical of the reason they don't like it?

I am similarly skeptical.

It would really raise the quality of analysis of these issues if we could dispense with the conventions of (1) seeing a NIMBY with scaly skin and fangs behind every tree and (2) knowing deep in our psyche that these creatures have little reptile brains incapable of any thought besides “devour sentient urbanists”....

You know, I certainly appreciate the perspective that projects in general need to be held to high standards of quality. However, it feels like there's always something "not good enough" that ends up being used to attack projects that add density and particularly lower-income or otherwise diverse density near low-density neighbourhoods. Which is to say: some concerns might be reasonable (though not the parking one), but if those are addressed I really have no confidence that it would quiet opposition.

FWIW having a councillor agree with a point does not, on its own, make it reasonable.