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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
It's great that you're taking the time to summarize your reading of posts to help identify possible misunderstandings. In this case that's definitely not my intended meaning. I neither said nor implied that people shouldn't take an interest in their communities beyond their own homes. What I said is they shouldn't take that specific interest (how big the interiors of other people's homes are). Adding density does not necessitate ignoring planning principles and in fact planning principles often encourage density. You can take an interest in the exterior design of neighbouring buildings, how they meet the street, the amount of greenery, the height of buildings, and even the total number of units being built in an area. I might disagree with the positions people take on those topics but I wouldn't say it was none of their business. I limit that statement to only things that are none of people's business.
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People are apprehensive on development as even the best intended developer still has to please their investors. That doesn't make them NIMBYs as the crazy cat lady. There's no misunderstanding. Every post there's something like busy bodies homeowners causing housing inaffordability or the interior square footage of a house which is reflected in lot coverage, lot setbacks, number of floors or the basis of city planning shouldn't be a neighbour's business.
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