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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Bumface's point was that in no way is the West Village a blight on the city. It's nothing interesting to look at but you don't gag as you drive by like the salvage yard west of Deerfoot.
The first time anyone hears about contamination west of downtown their reaction almost always is "What, where??". It's there but it not noticeable and don't know about it unless told.
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It may not be as bad as the auto salvage but it looks as bad as the EV did. The EV had some parking lots and cheap buildings. The WV area has car dealerships and storage lots that are a mess, the planetarium is abandoned (or looks that way), and the bus depot is a big old block of bricks. Mewata and the millenium park are interesting, I guess. And the contamination makes any development a non-starter unless a government agency steps in.
I get the "no tax dollars" argument, but I also get the development counterargument.