LFP article on the zoning application.
NIMBYism in this case is pure Classism. Can't have neighbours of a different Social-Economic class living near us. That's just not right in their minds.
City staff received 71 comments about the project during the public consultation. Critics of the proposal, in various letters sent to city hall, called the townhouse development “unfathomable and preposterous” and “against the conformity of an upscale and desirable neighbourhood.”
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/a-mu...sed-an-upscale-neighbourhood-pushes-back