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Actually I am.

I am for building more homes.  I am not a NIMBY by any means.

But I also dont have my head in the sand about that that will do.

If we just ignore that there will be more cars on the roads, more kids in schools and summer camps, more trash cans on the curb, etc etc.   And I dont pretend like these 750k condos/duplexes/triplexes will be for our teachers and cops.   They wont be.  Thats a lie.

So you want to build more units?  OK- I can get on board with that.  Provided we do it correctly. [/quote]

That's a standard response. I'm for more units; i just oppose this proposal for more units. I'm for sidewalks; I just oppose this sidewalk. I'm for bike lanes; I just oppose this proposed bike lane. [/quote]
DP. This is so disingenuous that you sound very immature.

I personally don’t think that it’s too much to ask that when they approve a policy that they know will overtax existing infrastructure that they should also pass a complimentary capital improvement plan to address those foreseen needs. For most people, that’s what planning is about. [/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to, and it's been many decades since I worried about being immature.

The reality is that this is the standard opposition to every proposal for more housing: I'm for more housing, just not this housing, here. Because it won't be affordable for poor people, because poor people will live there, because families won't live there, because families will live there, because it will be rental housing, because it won't be rental housing, because it will cut down trees, because it's too far from transit, because it's too far from transit except for buses but they don't count, because people will have cars they will park in front of my house, because the building will be too big, because it will overwhelm the water treatment system,  etc. etc. etc. etc.

It's meaningless to be for hypothetical housing proposals. At some point, in order to be for more housing, you have to actually support some actual housing proposals.[/quote]

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