Development Rumours

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Originally Posted by counterfactual

Easy there, Stephen Harper.

I actually think lately, there's been a big turnaround in attitude, at least around Halifax. No Culture of Defeat. Rather, I think the new library, all the new developments, the great new businesses testing things downtown, Barrington's renaissance-in-the-making, etc, has people a lot more hopeful about the future.

I also think the downsized Halifax Council has been much better, with higher quality councillors (despite many yahoos still remaining, there are few of them now). And Mayor Savage miles better than Peter Kelly. Good ridding to that hapless/useless do-nothing idiot.

Every step remains a struggle, of course, with the NIMBY parade re-appearing to oppose pretty much every single new development on the peninsula, but they're losing and have been losing not only battles, but the war too.

Oh, I agree. Which makes the lingering "we're the worst on every front" attitudes all the more frustrating. As I have said many times here, I think Halifax is doing very well for a city its size, and I hope more and more people can recognize that. But you're right, the discourse is shifting, slowly but surely.