Comment 29406

By Cityjoe (anonymous) | Posted March 08, 2009 at 17:41:49

This comment said it all:
"Staff don't want to increase the downtown density targets because that might threaten the city's greenfield expansion plans."

Here is a case of somebody who has seen the skewed story for too long & now sees it as true or desirable.

1)Developers run much of Hamilton.
2)Developers don't want to take chances with Downtown redeveloment.
3)Developers see more profit in 'green places, & pretty vistas' than they see in the convenience of Downtown. They (think) they know who their market is, & they aims to please.

I'd like to interject one important idea. 'Boomers'. Boomers are retiring & aging. Some of them will loose their drivers' licenses, health, & degrees physical autonomy within the next decade. Many of them have lost substantial amounts of their retirement funds recently. I would tend to think that like the rest of the population, they might want to spend less on a place to live & live in a smaller place, spend less by getting rid of their cars,& be closer to public transit, the Go-trains & buses, stores, libraries, recreation, doctors & hospitals.
It's not the 50's or the 60's anymore, City Hall. Wake up & smell the Metamucil & the Money!

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