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High Pointe Claireview

Well at least the LRT is nearby. It would be nice if two things could hsppen to this area. First they should extend the LRT line further out to Gorman or wherever it would be best and have park n ride lot at that new station. Second, once there is the new pnr, the clairview pnr lot should be decommissioned and converted to mixed use residential/professional/commercial to add to all these new residential buildings here. Make this a good TOD..
 
Whatup said:
Maybe people who can't afford to live in supercool progressive geothermal virtue signalling boomerhoods like Blatchford.
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The neoghbourhood squeezed between the Yellowhead and Kingsway Blvd? Lol.

Also, there's a lot of really affordable secondary suites, and some dedicated rental buildings about to open. Plus, people who buy a Streetside townhome pay a mortgage that's cheaper than the rent at my previous place (to be fair, it was in the expensive gated community of Queen Mary Park).

And is it really virtue signaling when all of the homes are either close to, or at net-zero, the roads are literally as narrow as physically possible, and the majority of landscaping is native? I think virtue signaling would be if it was branded as an environmentally friendly community, but only because the homes (all single detached) had solar panels, there were stroads with painted bike lanes, and parks had a tiny pollinator garden so that it could be called a natural area.

Anyway, I do agree with your basic point that a lot of people can't afford the luxury of being picky about where they live. These apartments and townhomes will house for more than a thousand people right by a major transit centre/lrt station, where only a few years ago a farmer was just using that land to make hay. I wasn't expecting architectural marvels in this part of town; I'll be happy so long as the rent here is actually affordable for people who need them the most — the ones who can't drive because of medical or financial reasons, and need to be close to good quality transit.
 
CplKlinger said:
And is it really virtue signaling when all of the homes are either close to, or at net-zero, the roads are literally as narrow as physically possible, and the majority of landscaping is native? I think virtue signaling would be if it was branded as an environmentally friendly community, but only because the homes (all single detached) had solar panels, there were stroads with painted bike lanes, and parks had a tiny pollinator garden so that it could be called a natural area.
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To some people, all virtue is now signalling.
 
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