03-14-2022, 01:07 PM
(03-14-2022, 11:38 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(03-14-2022, 10:52 AM)neonjoe Wrote: In one way yes.. in another way the houses were all derelict and rundown as accommodations for students. There were few actual home owner residents left even 20 years ago.
Exactly this, the neighbourhoods were destroyed by a refusal to accommodate change. Not by the development of high density student housing.
In one way the neighborhood was destroyed for any family that may have wanted to buy a house and live there. Obviously "Lester St." isn't on anyone's shopping list anymore. It was also destroyed for families who owned houses near student-occupied slums.
I'm not exactly sure what you meant by your comment. Who refused to accommodate change? Families who owned or occupied properties within walking distance of Laurier/UW? Anyone who didn't accommodate the slumification of that area?
On the other hand, the neighborhood has been reborn as a (figuirative) mecca for slum lords and developers.