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Originally Posted by highwater

I know. I don't get it. They complain about student houses in the neighbourhoods, then when a solution comes along, they oppose it. I hope this goes through.



Over-building is over-building no matter how many jobs it's providing. The Westdale campus has been built up way beyond its carrying capacity, and Mac has been allowed to download all the attendant parking, housing, truck traffic, and policing problems onto the surrounding neighbourhoods. They're always excused because of the jobs, indirect economic spin offs, or whatever else they're supposed to provide. No one dares to acknowledge the huge downside in quality of life due to their lack of planning, or the fact that they don't contribute to the tax base.

I am sympathetic, although you know when you move there, Mac is there.