The Editor:
Re: Letter: Construction of family-friendly Port Moody housing is important, but at what cost? (July 28, 2024)
Mr. Coles' letter notes, "The construction of family-friendly housing is important, but not if it comes at the cost of an additional 1,800 Port Moody residents."
I am a person in their late 20s who is gainfully employed and would love to move out of their parents' house but cannot due to the extreme shortage of units leading to exorbitant housing costs.
Mr. Coles' attitude is simple: "I got mine and I want to stop you from getting yours."
Mr. Coles and others with his attitude are enforcing a culture with irreparable impacts to multiple generations for obvious items such as finances all the way to family formation.
There are multiple generations who did everything right — went to school, saved up hard and worked hard — yet will not have the same opportunities Mr. Coles' generation has had simply because Mr. Coles and others like him seek to eliminate such opportunities through zoning restrictions.
Rather than complain that the third largest metropolitan area in Canada is indeed a bustling metropolitan area, here's an idea: Move to the small town you desire so badly and don't torture yourself by staying here.
- Colin Fowler, Coquitlam
