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Quirky_Butterfly_946 t1_j80lk9t wrote

This is exactly why I fled this dump of a town as soon as I could. Cahill is a ruinous mayor and people still keep voting him in, WHY. I hope it falls into the ocean!!

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Audioengineer68 t1_j80s8nz wrote

You're arguing against building apartments for what reason? I don't see the problem.

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tehmeangene t1_j81opjb wrote

It's one thing if it were affordable housing but none of those buildings around Beverly Depot are anywhere near affordable.

2br ranging between 2.7k and 3.5k and 1br all over 2k. I get it's near the commuter rail but that's steep.

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NewspaperEconomy5473 t1_j826d61 wrote

This attitude is exactly why we are so deep in a housing shortage. Because people want to nitpick every development and hold them to unreasonable standards.

We need all kinds of new housing, not just affordable housing. Setting unrealistic quotas for affordable units only makes new housing more expensive to build. We need to remove barriers for new construction, not create new ones.

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Audioengineer68 t1_j82ch4t wrote

I would be a little more amenable to the project myself if a larger portion of the available new residencies were designated low income. Especially when the financing gets murky.

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fireball_jones t1_j81x5hl wrote

It's a nice town and you're renting right next to the Commuter Rail that can get you into Boston in 30 minutes. Not to mention there's been lots of plans to further develop the other sides of the tacks with affordable housing but people keeping NIMBYing it.

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NewspaperEconomy5473 t1_j826338 wrote

I’m glad that you left, Salem and Greater Boston are better off without you. Living in an urban area and hating urban development is nonsensical. Being opposed to transit-oriented development is ridiculous.

Good riddance!

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Quirky_Butterfly_946 t1_j83s677 wrote

Yup, like locusts the overbuilders, the woke BS, and the destruction of what once was a nice town they have caused. It's people like you that have contributed to it with your nasty attitudes and total disregard of others. You can keep that town because all those who made it a great community have left.

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