Comment 100370

By RobF (registered) | Posted April 16, 2014 at 20:53:17 in reply to Comment 100340

First of all I'm not against LRT. I think it would be a good thing and the technology is well suited to the needs of the King-Main corridor. Nor am I trying to say that LRT has to negatively impact bus service in Hamilton. And I'm definitely not "arguing that downtown should remain a crappy place to live so that people with low income can afford to live there."

My point was actually pretty basic. Urban real estate works like a spatial sorting mechanism. Well-off people pretty much get to choose where they live, most people make trade-offs based on what they can afford, and the poor get what's left (usually the lowest quality and most poorly located housing). We should be clear about that when we talk about "urban revitalization".

btw. I don't find the lower city a "crappy place to live".

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