BarrieToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected] or via the website. Please include your full name, daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter is in response to a story titled 'Amid Barrie's changing skyline, new highrise gets mixed reviews,' published Sept. 24.
So, a tall building means progress? For whom?
It means money for those who already have money.
Why is a tall building good for humans?
No gardens, small spaces, relying on elevators that function, lots of concrete. (Actually, the best, says the company.)
And tall condos will get rid of the undesirables along the west of Dunlop. Hmmm ... similar to a long world history of how to get rid of people who don't fit the current cultural model.
'Tis painful to see the poor, the mentally ill, those addicted to drugs, people not like us.
We think "just get a job." Oh, really? And where would that job be? At minimum wage, which won't support a home!?
'Tis so easy to blame others for our discomfort.
Some countries have better solutions for vulnerable people. We seem deaf to listening.
Carolyn Boyer
Barrie
