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Originally Posted by Slacker
Can someone explain the negatives of having the SW BRT?
I live very close to 24 St SW and Fish Creek and I keep hearing people saying that it will drop property values, increase crime. How true is that?
My only concern would be noise from buses, but really, how often would a bus pass by to make it such a case?
Thanks in advance  |
More regular and accessible public transit brings with it theives, rapists, and murderers to your doorstep on diesel powered war wagons. You will hear no birds singing, no children playing because of the roar of 9L engines hurtling down the street at speeds up to 80km/hr. Exhaust will blot out the sun! BRT stations will see the undesirable masses congregate and begin exchanging ideas. While the proletariat watches people in their Mercedes-Benz drive past while they wait for the bus they will wonder how such inequality can persist. They work hard, yet are left with relatively little. Seeing their numbers at these BRT stations they will realize they truly control the means of production and the profits that purchased that Mercedes are merely the stolen wages of the working class being paraded by them daily in a sick display of decadent greed! They will rise up, pushing back against the foot of the bourgeoisie they have been under for long enough. As the fires burn and the flag of the revolution is raised high amidst the purge of the capitalist oppressors, you will likely see a subsequent decline in property values.
TL;DR - NIMBYs believe the only people who would want to use a more efficient public transit system are criminals looking for an easier way to your neighborhood to steal your car and ignore the fact that more efficient public transit will reduce traffic and therefore noise.