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Originally Posted by spaghettisam
I would disagree in respect to the housing issue that currently exists. Builds like these seemingly go up rapidly so leaving it all up to one developer would certainly be inefficient.
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There isn't an issue of housing - there is an issue of AFFORDABLE housing - there are PLENTY of places to live in - NOTHING, and I repeat NOTHING that is built in the downtown core will EVER be "affordable". The 1800 days of people living on top of the businesses is more or less gone - now you have to have money to live down there, or someone has to pay for it for you. There are some airbnbs granted there not all regular units but generally, anything new is going to cost an arm and a leg down there, and if you're going to build something that costs an arm and a leg to live in, it SHOULD look good, at least in the core - if you wanna build cookie cutter vranich style stuff all else throughout the city then sure go ahead - but leave the core looking classy please.
Basically all I want is the core to be classy - it's our core, we need to have showcase buildings that make our city feel like a proper city - I have no issue with infill projects literally everywhere else - just leave us the core for "core" urban please lol