[Halifax] West End Mall Future Growth Node 15 Buildings | 90m | Proposed

[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by IanWatson

What I don't understand about this opposition is that these residents are winning the lottery. They have a detached home on the Peninsula, where the number of detached homes will literally never be higher than it is today. Meanwhile, developments like this West End Mall ones are replacing parking lots with more desirable uses and services. We hear so much, "if only I could have been one of the lucky ones in Vancouver who bought a house 30 years ago", but this is literally what's happening now in Halifax - these people are the Vancouverites of 30 years ago.

Excellent point to which most NIMBYs seem oblivious.