07-02-2015, 03:01 PM
No parking in the street, at least in Waterloo, was explicitly designed to punish students. The town took it onto itself to fight the University of Waterloo urban development from inception until around 2005 when finally student residences started to be approved. You can find the comments in city council meetings, statements from the planning department and in the press. This attitude was pervasive across a good portion of the citizenry. I met some old time residents through a friend and they were unabashedly anti-university: "the worst thing that has happened to Waterloo" they would say. My jaw hit the floor the first few times I heard this, since it is well established that a University in town increases property values, quality of jobs and general desirability of living there.
Other anti-university regulations is the fact that University is zoned commercial everywhere except between UW and WLU.
Other anti-university regulations is the fact that University is zoned commercial everywhere except between UW and WLU.