Is there anyone who isn't something of a NIMBY?
I like the area I live in (Mission) and wouldn't want to see a 40 storey condo tower go up here. I don't mind if they are built in the Beltline, which is a five minute walk from my house, but I don't want it IMBY. I'm not against progress or economic development or whatever you want to call it, but I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with liking things to stay the same, if you like 'em the way they are.
People seem to cry NIMBY mostly when it's not their backyard. I do it myself.
The horse seems to have long ago left the barn in Canmore, when it comes to commercial development, but if I lived there, I wouldn't want a giant convention centre either.
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