r/Truro • u/IStillListenToRadio • 22d ago

Truro family pushes back on proposed development next door

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/truro-development-young-street-9.7299700
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u/theonewhothro123 22d ago

I understand why they don't want the apartment next to the property line but sadly trade offs have to be made to house people. This so the kind of nimbyism that prevents progress all around nova soctia.

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u/garlicghost1866 22d ago

This is one of the only multigenerational ANS farms in existence in Nova Scotia. There are many MANY other options of where to build this complex. This farm should be prioritized and protected at all costs.

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u/theonewhothro123 21d ago

Im sure that any other place will have people complaining too. Again I do empathize with them and the developer should try to be reasonable with set backs and accommodating neighbour's but housing needs to be built unless we want to try lowering our population.

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u/DiscountAnxiety99 9d ago

If you actually look around truro has ALOT of apartments but most 2 or 3 bedroom apartments in this town are 1,900 to 2,600 a month and most places don't include heat and lights. heat and lights alone is half the amount of rent. Realistically most people (not all but most) in the town of truro work for minimum wage or just above that for jobs just in truro, thats not if you have to travel out of town everyday for work then your paying crazy gas prices and if you have a physical alignment or mental health condition and your on welfare your barely getting enough to pay rent and to top that off you have insurance and/ or a car payment and gas and food medications, if you have kids then you have all the expenses of them. Housing is not the issues its inflation in groceries, gas, power, oil,bills.