To the individual who wrote "don't be pushed out" on the promotional sign for an affordable housing project on Gottingen:

I assume you think you're valiantly standing up against the evil forces of gentrification, working for the "little people" of the north end.

That lot has been an empty ('cept for the billboards) blight on the neighbourhood my entire lifetime. It's ugly, it attracts crime, it kills street life, and it drives families to the suburbs who aren't interested in raising kids in a neighbourhood that looks one more vacant lot away from Detroit. The people who are too poor to move suffer when the population drops, local businesses and schools are closed, and crime rises.

I couldn't think of anything better for that site than the well-designed, affordable housing project that has been proposed. Little infill projects like this are what will draw people back to the core and bring downtown back to its feet.

I think it's super that you're concerned about community issues but I think the effort would be better spent fighting, say, the endless suburban sprawl that truly harms the environment, our health, and clogs the roads with more cars. —Anonymous