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02-01-2024, 02:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-01-2024, 02:04 PM by danbrotherston.)
I mean, this person has a legitimate issue, unlike the vast VAST majority of NIMBYs.
But at the same time, this just the trolley problem...we're driving the trolley, do we drive over 32 families or just 4....
Of course, since this the real world and not a stupid contrived and non-contextualized philosophy issue, we also have to face the fact that we drove the trolley into a position where we are forced to make this choice, knowing that we would be in this position, and still not choosing to do something different.
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Or staged the construction in such a way that those displaced get an opportunity to move into the first building in the project. I don't think that any municipality in the Region requires a right to return, and even in Toronto where that right exists, residents still have to wait years before the new development is ready.
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Sounds on brand for Cambridge. Forget it being a city of NIMBYs, it's a city of BANANAs.
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Not opposed to the concept that new developments shouldn't carry the burden of affordable housing costs, but just passing the buck to the province vs. any serious look at current home owning and asset appreciating residents is sort of half the problem.
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I suspect the one on Laurel Street will be approved. They approved a large development right next to that proposal, but these towers are shorter so I don't see any issues. But...it's Cambridge after all.
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The Laurel St one is a very established, very unchanging neighbourhood in the middle of Preston - I think it has the most resistance since it's something that's over 2 stories tall and isn't a detached house or an abandoned industrial yard. Looking forward to seeing if Council has had any change of heart since the last round of approvals/rejections.
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So the Water St. proposal got approved while the Laurel St. proposal was deferred for 30 days to allow for a neighbourhood meeting about the increased building heights.