Dear Editor,
I read John E. McKenzie’s letter with interest.
[RE: LETTER: Affordable housing appears to be an oxymoron, July 7, The News]
I, too, cannot understand the mentality of council when they approve these unsightly, disgustingly jammed-together housing developments.
Look at 240th Street for example.
Ugly, small overpriced boxes that will become slums within 50 years.
Then what? More expensive tear downs and rebuilds?
Not acceptable.
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Had it not been for the 1970’s Dave Barrett NDP’s ALR [Agricultural Land Reserve] policy, our land costs would be within reach of the average person.
But now, I cannot imagine paying $600,000 plus for a lot.
As for voting them out: Who would you have replace them?
Good luck John E. McKenzie!
Mike Boileau, Maple Ridge
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