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LETTER: Whatever happened to respecting neighbourhood character?

Dear Editor: Re: DNV Scraps Townhouses; Boffo Baffled , Dec. 14 news story. Good again on District of North Vancouver council to put the brakes on the 1031-1045 Ridgewood Dr. development.
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Dear Editor:

Re: DNV Scraps Townhouses; Boffo Baffled, Dec. 14 news story.

Good again on District of North Vancouver council to put the brakes on the 1031-1045 Ridgewood Dr. development. Whatever happened to respecting the character of a neighbourhood? More townhouses is not the answer and more $4-million monster houses isn’t either. Move to Surrey if that’s what you want.

I’d say it’s time to update the development rules to take the guesswork and constant battling out. Lower density, stylish, character, mix of one-, two- and three-storey max not a wall of condos, open, green space, lower existing floor space ratio is what we have and I’m pretty sure what most of us in the silent majority want.

Less traffic. More space. People oriented. Less density, not more.

Better lifestyle is the goal. Everyone wins and your kids will thank you.

Mike Greig
North Vancouver

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