General Suburban Updates and Rumours

[danbrotherston]

Nimby manufacturer next door:
https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news-story...y-council/

I think that the plant owner makes a good case. We need more housing but we also need employment lands. It is not a good idea to drive employers out of the community or to build housing that will subject residents to a lot of noise from industry.

I think we need to make a distinction between industrial lands and employment lands. We should stop separating compatible uses, there's no reason an office tower needs a different district from an apartment tower.

As for his business, "conflicts" that arise aren't his problem, frankly, they're nobody's problem but the idiots who can't stand the noise of a manufacturing business who bought homes next to a manufacturing business (same with the airport, same with the dump).

But if there are reasonable options like building noise barriers, those should absolutely be developed.

But...a bigger question, why is a school next to industrial lands?