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Originally Posted by europa109
I think you have an incredibly slanted view. A lot of people at neighborhood association meetings are community business people. You really should come out of your shell and go to a meeting. Theres one this weds at the putnam building, if you dare. And most importantly the neighborhood should have the right to discuss the arrival of a new business that requires any alteration to the physical landscape of the neighborhood. Cause if and when that business fails, its the neighborhood that has to deal with the ramifications.
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everybody's view is slanted (fight the tower!), whatever that means. Actually, when the business fails, its the investors and owners that have to deal with the ramifications. I've yet to see a neighborhood ruined by a failed hotel. Hotels usually fail because of the neighborhood. It's also important to understand the connection between lengthy negotiations between developers and community groups (in addition to the city) and its impact on affordable housing. the whole purpose of reforming the zoning code is to reduce the need for such negotiations because they are time consuming and costly...and frequently lead to undue power being wielded by unelected people. as I said, some are more reasonable than others. I have no intention of coming to somebody else's neighborhood meeting.