To the editor:
Re: “Honesty would be a welcome development,” Jan. 27.
People try to conceal their anti-development feelings for good reason — those feelings are hypocritical and selfish. This article is an ode to egotism. If you live in an underdeveloped but central neighborhood, where there is pressure to develop parcels of land that you do not own, you have no right to try to use the legislative power of the government to “preserve your neighborhood in amber.”
It halts growth in the economy, drives up housing prices for everyone, generates suburban sprawl, all so you can see bunnies in the empty lot near your house? When you live in a city, you have to accept change.
Ryan McLaughlin,
Vancouver
