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

  • @Cypher
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    191 year ago

    NIMBY at its worst.

    Daycare is expensive and often doesn’t have capacity, yet they won’t allow a harmless solution in their neighbourhood.

    To everyone complaining about cars, 8 cars over 30-60 minutes every morning and afternoon is nothing.

    • Phoenixz
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      41 year ago

      If you design your neighborhoods so that people can use bicycles or walk safely, then you won’t even have to worry about cars anymore

    • @[email protected]
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      -61 year ago

      There’s a daycare where parents are picking up kids in the afternoon.

      You say 6-8 cars are no big deal, but you forget that - for these parents at least - NONE OF THEM CAN DRIVE. Even one will crush any through-traffic for like 20 minutes as they jostle about and try to park 2 feet from the door, come hell or high water. Park around the corner and walk 70m? HELL NO!

      It’s a gong show. I try to catch it every afternoon if I can, as I want to see Mother vs Mother in the Motherdome.

      No. Wait. I have a better pun.

      MATERNALLLLL COMMMMBAT !! Ready? FIGHT!