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Amethyst · 08-25-2017, 01:48 PM

I think there's a major difference between there being nowhere to put your home versus no longer having a golf course next door.

I have sympathy for the people who bought when East Hills was the plan and before it changed. It appears that the City stated they were building East Hills and people bought, assuming that. Now since that option is gone, clearly the City wasn't legally required to (or maybe they were but they have better lawyers than poor people?). I would be curious to see if the letter stated that the plan was not for certain.

I also realize that being forced to move from a home you've lived in for 40+ years is hard. How many people have been there when a relative has had to be moved out of a lifelong home due to age/illness? It's very stressful and the idea that health issues, including suicide, would occur is not unusual at all.

It's an awful situation and even if they City is legally in the right, I question if they are morally right. Laws are simply rules that we draw up and maybe home and land owning people never even considered this situation.

At this stage, I'm not sure what the right answer is. But it bothers me to see so many people with an attitude that people were stupid to think they wouldn't be kicked out with a trailer and nowhere to go and they should be grateful for getting $10 000 (no one is getting $20 000 unless they have somewhere to go with their trailer).

And no, I don't have friends or family there.

08-25-2017, 01:48 PM	#168
Amethyst First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Calgary Exp:	I think there's a major difference between there being nowhere to put your home versus no longer having a golf course next door. I have sympathy for the people who bought when East Hills was the plan and before it changed. It appears that the City stated they were building East Hills and people bought, assuming that. Now since that option is gone, clearly the City wasn't legally required to (or maybe they were but they have better lawyers than poor people?). I would be curious to see if the letter stated that the plan was not for certain. I also realize that being forced to move from a home you've lived in for 40+ years is hard. How many people have been there when a relative has had to be moved out of a lifelong home due to age/illness? It's very stressful and the idea that health issues, including suicide, would occur is not unusual at all. It's an awful situation and even if they City is legally in the right, I question if they are morally right. Laws are simply rules that we draw up and maybe home and land owning people never even considered this situation. At this stage, I'm not sure what the right answer is. But it bothers me to see so many people with an attitude that people were stupid to think they wouldn't be kicked out with a trailer and nowhere to go and they should be grateful for getting $10 000 (no one is getting $20 000 unless they have somewhere to go with their trailer). And no, I don't have friends or family there.