I have not seen NIMBYism taken to this extreme before.
Like, objecting to a mall I can understand.
Objecting to green spaces and high-quality neighbourhoods? Like WTF, man?
Its the same thought process that makes people say things like “I hate wind turbines, they’re ugly and ruin the view”
Weellll… traditional large wind turbines have a shockingly low effectiveness/cost ratio, which is why they are best used in places where wind is blowing far more frequently than not, such as out in the ocean or on mountain tops. And they aren’t the prettiest. And they have massive space requirements to avoid negatively impacting each other.
Honestly, I much prefer solar power, which can be very densely applied and hoisted high enough to permit agriculture beneath it.
But yes.
What it’s probably going to look like: https://cdn.realtor.ca/listing/TS638778055790070000/reb82/highres/3/e12022233_1.jpg
What we should be building: https://mastodon.online/@BrentToderian/114519452725292215
Exactly. These developments are never walkable spaces and are never well connected with other parts of the city, making traffic worse and people even more car dependent.
Montreal has been building pretty good stuff lately.
- For example, on island: https://technopoleangus.com/
- For example, off island: https://solaruniquartier.com/en/
NIMBYs don’t like either option, which means we always get the worst of the two.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot And now these new developers, They want to tear it all up.
Don’t it always seem to go, That somebody’s always going to complain? When you put in a garden, and stick some condos on top.
let them cry
Fuck you (not OP, but the people complaining). Build the housing.
