To the editor:
Re: “City living comes with sacrifice,” Letters, Jan. 31.
Letter writer Ryan McLaughlin has it exactly backwards, citizens have every right to oppose changes that they see as detrimental to their community or quality of life. That’s what living in a democracy is all about.
Densification is only obviously beneficial to developers and real estate speculators, and does not necessarily improve a neighborhood or lower housing costs as is often touted.
As for the economy, that old adage you can’t stop progress is as worn out as it is it one-sided.
Charles Leduc,
Vancouver
