Comment 100400

By AnjoMan (registered) | Posted April 17, 2014 at 14:18:13 in reply to Comment 100370

I get the spatial sorting mechanism argument, it makes sense to me. I totally agree that it's an important thing to think about and that it should be central to any economic development measures that are introduced to accompany an LRT line in Hamilton. I just don't think its a good enough reason for objecting to development that might improve a neighborhood (I'm not trying to imply that you are making that objection), especially an infrastructure project like LRT.

btw. I don't find the lower city a "crappy place to live".

I don't think this either, at least not in an absolute sense. However, if its possible that new developments in an area could cause the rents to rise and lead to people with lower incomes being sorted out, as you suggest, then the area must be at least incrementally less desirable than wherever it is these people would go to if they had more income and could choose something else.

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