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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
If there’s one thing NIMBYs are known for, it’s being completely honest with their reasons for NIMBYism and not choosing reasons they think people will find more palatable.
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I guess if mind-reading and casting them as villainous elites makes you feel better, go for it.
Densification in the near-inner city typically means gentrification. The median incomes in communities like Altadore, Bankview, and Killarney are much higher today than they were 30 years ago.
I first lived in Marda Loop in 1990, when there were still lots of working-class seniors and tradespeople in the neighbourhood. The Trop was a genuine dive-bar.
Today, the typical resident is a high-earning professional. Which is fine. As someone mentioned up-thread, Altadore is an example of how densification has worked well. But let’s not pretend it means a bunch of snooty elites having to tolerate regular Joes moving into their neighbourhood. In most neighbourhoods where densification makes economic sense, the class transformation is going the other way.