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Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

Any professional complainers in particular.

One of the classic ones I heard was in Barrhaven when neighbours were up in arms about a proposal to convert a house (I think on Jockvale) to a day care and the neighbours behind were complaining about the noise of kids playing..as if they didn't have any kids themselves. I know of people who don't want public transit in their neighbourhood as it has connotations of poverty. These are often the same people who want their neighbourhood to be all single family homes with no multiples, no commerical, no employment areas, yet they moan about how long it takes to get anywhere due to the traffic.

All kidding aside, Ottawa on the whole is a very conservative city that has had few peaks or troughs in terms of the economy in a large part due to the huge impact that the federal government has on the City.

Yes the gov has a impact in the city but other sectors do as well.