General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[cherrypark]

I love to walk around DTK and other areas for that matter.  When I walk, I don't have music in my ears disconecting me from the souroundings,  I walk with attention to the traffic, vehicles, other pedestrians, and often cyclists who too cause concern. I do this with a purpose, to arrive at my destination safely just as I would if I was operating a vehicle.  When I walk in these areas that you declare are unpleasant, I don't see it that way at all.  I see, hear and smell the many different experiences which I find enjoyable.  It is these experiences that I want to encounter when I go walking.

If I want peace and tranquility, I go for a hike on the Bruce Trail or other designated conservation/naturL areas.

I guess my point is that your unpleasant is another person's enjoyment.  Everyone views life through a different lense...

*Rolls eyes* don't try to tell me with a straight face that walking the curbfaced sidewalk next to five lanes of high speed traffic is pleasant. 

And frankly the implicit whining about headphone distracted peds can fuck right off. 

Lemme be blunt here, I should be able to listen to music and walk in our downtown safely. And I should damn well be able to have tranquil places to walk closer than the Bruce Peninsula--and we absolutely do, you just need to walk to the wealthy neighbourhoods.

This you?

You continue to disparage my home. What I am telling you is that I do not feel most of the condos in our city are "ugly" and that is a matter of opinion. You are welcome to believe that some buildings are ugly. But I am also allowed not to agree. And ultimately looks are a subjective matter.

The condo buildings we are discussing are not plain or austere developments, they nor do they look like the student housing development you highlighted. (Nor for that matter do most of the student developments look like that). They are simply modern buildings. You might not like the look of them, but I don't find them particularly problematic.

As for "if a building looks bad should it get approved"...WHO should decide if a building looks bad? Why do YOU get to make that decision and I don't? Why should ANYONE get to make that decision other than the person building it.

Make up your mind. Either you are open to differing opinions on what is acceptable in an urban environment and where people want a home in it or not.

I walk down Victoria St. every day. It's not as pleasant as it should be, and I absolutely think it could be improved in several ways, but why dismiss anyone who buys a home there to be near downtown, the park, and in a new development that - surprise! - might actually give the city a reason to start prioritizing your least favourite 'traffic sewer' differently?

If you put half the energy you do into arguing with everyone on the internet (and presumably real life) into constructive discussion, you might actually get somewhere with your advocacy, Dan.