Glenco
Senior Member
You know it is okay to be wrong there is no shame in that. It just means you have learned something.
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whattheheck
New Member
^another condescending prick reply. fuck off.
Coprolite
Active Member
I likewise started out by fairly gently pointing out that the freehold townhouses being built here are actually selling and the limiting factor for how fast they sell is how fast new parcels are actually prepared for them. But I'm kind of delighted by the irony of the term "groupthink" being bandied about for everyone who doesn't simply uncritically accept the premise without him ever putting anything forth to support his premise except for weird straw men and verbal abuse. It's just absolutely delicious.
Coprolite
Active Member
You know, I argue with folks here a fair bit about all sorts of things, and even got a warning for getting a bit too heated with a certain developer who hangs out here, but going full howler monkey at everyone who doesn't uncritically accept your unsupported premise probably is not doing much for your argument.
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Platinum107
Senior Member
Becoming this agitated over an online forum, especially one as mundane as Skyrise Cities, is a such a useless waste of your time and energy it's almost hard to describe.
The choice is simple: Either contribute productively and respectfully to the conversation with your opinions and perspective, or leave. You're not going to get the attention you want from trying to provoke people with your comments; you'll only get blocked, reported, and eventually have your account banned. People have carefully responded to your perspectives with their own and yet you've chosen to ignore them in the name of being inflammatory. That's nobody's problem here but you're own.
Differing opinions are welcome and make the conversation interesting (I didn't even think of the south-facing energy efficiency), but only if you share them like a composed adult. It's not hard thing to do, so do it.
Coprolite
Active Member
See, if after building all of these freehold townhouses, they were actually selling poorly and it wasn't just because all of the builders built lousy freehold townhouses (an issue which could be remedied by better QA), I would actually be thinking, "Well crap. I guess we'd better rethink this and maybe some component should be SFH's but try to keep the fabric of a core neighbourhood."
But this isn't what has actually happened. They're selling as fast as they build, and the limit upon building is the quantity of land that is ready to build.
But this isn't what has actually happened. They're selling as fast as they build, and the limit upon building is the quantity of land that is ready to build.
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EtoV
Active Member
So I take it based on this response, that you don't have a substantive reason you believe the development should switch to single family homes. Multiple people have asked and been open to hearing your reasoning, and this is the response you choose...
Gronk!
Senior Member
policyenthusiast
Active Member
The City will be discussing providing municipal funding to a renewable energy project at the Utility Committee meeting on March 14th. Anyone know what the project is?
Coprolite
Active Member
But I'm hungry.
fjordgard
Active Member
Where did you see this? I see on the "Items Due" list (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...z8I8/pubhtml?gid=1387965543&single=true&pli=1) that there is a "Blatchford Renewable Energy Funding Opportunity" listed for March 14. Last time there was a "Funding Opportunity" listed, it was about the Utility receiving a grant from the federal government. I would be surprised if there is anything about municipal funding being provided...
policyenthusiast
Active Member
From the same. It seems I misunderstood the item.
fjordgard
Active Member
As both a taxpayer and a Blatchford Utility customer, I hope my interpretation is correct and they have found some money elsewhere! Thanks for flagging that.
IanO
Superstar
From the council report of Feb 3
CplKlinger
Senior Member
I went for a walk to Blatchford on Saturday, and it's a happening place! I saw one household moving in, and I saw workers at most of the builds that are underway.
As soon as Blatchford came into view, I was stuck by how much of a difference the builds by NX Builds, Streetside, and Stratosphere make on the neighbourhood's appearance; it's really starting to look like a proper community.
Stratosphere's Pilot townhome complex is absolutely massive up close. There was a lot of activity going on there, I'd guesstimate around a dozen workers or so.
Someone was moving into an NX home.
The Streetside townhomes are coming along, but they still haven't moved beyond the foundations for the fourth set of homes along Airport road itself.
I was surprised that Streetside had already made this much progress on the framing; perhaps they're prioritizing these ahead of that fourth set of townhomes to get some variety on the market?
Encore's new builds are also coming along nicely.
Crimson Cove is making progress on these homes too, and they're sure selling well; maybe Crimson will start their apartment after this?
But at the end of the day, I think Blatchford is a huge bust, and the next City Council should defund it. I mean, they're literally building stairways to nowhere!
(just a joke, to be clear)
As soon as Blatchford came into view, I was stuck by how much of a difference the builds by NX Builds, Streetside, and Stratosphere make on the neighbourhood's appearance; it's really starting to look like a proper community.
Stratosphere's Pilot townhome complex is absolutely massive up close. There was a lot of activity going on there, I'd guesstimate around a dozen workers or so.
Someone was moving into an NX home.
The Streetside townhomes are coming along, but they still haven't moved beyond the foundations for the fourth set of homes along Airport road itself.
I was surprised that Streetside had already made this much progress on the framing; perhaps they're prioritizing these ahead of that fourth set of townhomes to get some variety on the market?
Encore's new builds are also coming along nicely.
Crimson Cove is making progress on these homes too, and they're sure selling well; maybe Crimson will start their apartment after this?
But at the end of the day, I think Blatchford is a huge bust, and the next City Council should defund it. I mean, they're literally building stairways to nowhere!
(just a joke, to be clear)