Column: City of Vancouver board said no to a daycare for eight kids, after area residents mobilize to oppose it.

  • TH1NKTHRICE@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I think getting upset about noise from children playing in the middle of the day is absurd. But, I think the concern about precedent setting is valid. If this is a genuine concern of the residents that claim this is why they don’t want the daycare, I’d propose a change in local rules that specifically carve out an exception for daycares so that it is explicitly not precedent setting. If it’s just NIMBYs gonna NIMBY, I expect even a carve out wouldn’t be good enough.

    • RehRomano@lemmy.caOP
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      1 year ago

      But, I think the concern about precedent setting is valid

      I’d say the problem here is this isn’t precedent-setting. It’s not a rule change, it’s an arbitrary process making an arbitrary decision based on the arbitrary opinion of the city’s chief planner. Daycares should be by right but because of this insane ad hoc process we have no clear guidance on what’s allowed where. Just because one guy opens a day care in point grey doesn’t mean the next guy can open a nuclear plant.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I think getting upset about noise from children playing in the middle of the day is absurd.

      Well, someone’s forgotten that some people are more sensitive to sound. What’s false consensus again?

      • Kata1yst@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        As mentioned elsewhere, within a block and a half there’s a city park and a school already. People so sensitive to sound should fuck off to the suburbs.