This is the best thing for Christchurch. It should’ve happened 15 years ago.
Why is it always “it’ll become slums!!” the go to for NIMBY’s? When Hamilton introduced wheelie bins for rubbish and recycling I read the same thing about “Our neighbourhood’s will look like slums!!” Oh really? Wheelie bins are more slum-like than leaving black rubbish bags all over the berms every collection day? I suspect people who say this have never been near a slum in their lives.
I grew up in Papanui and my family lived in Hornby. It’s been awhile since I’ve been back but I don’t think there’s anything “special or unique about the fabric and make up” of those areas or whatever that even means.
Hornby is a dump. Both of those suburbs have lots of old houses, and strange streets that wind around and go nowhere. It’s difficult to navigate unless you live there. Ilam and Riccarton (at least, north of Riccarton Road) have more direct streets and less weird crescents.
In Hornby, there’s a second-hand book shop and a Pizza Hut on the main road. That group of shops really ought to be 10 storeys high - cheap apartments on the higher levels, shops and restaurants on the bottom. With car parks at the back.
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I did not have the same problem.