#wait im not -- the problem is not the arena but the dumb fucking trend since the 90s (esp w nhl arenas) that see public coffers used to fund
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one day i will break and write a manifesto on ottawa and sports arena development and when that happens! please take me out back
#working in city planning and seeing infrastructure break on a daily basis wondering exactly how much money we will give* to get an arena#and it will be the same song and dance if we suggest that perhaps a city dealing with horrifying defecits on its transit system may not#be best positioned to give out property tax exemptions and similar incentives to the tune of hundreds of millions/a billion dollars#dont get get me started on how its like pulling teeth to get even an incremental funding top-up to any level of affordable housing lol#GOD its already a preview im stopping myself here#wait im not -- the problem is not the arena but the dumb fucking trend since the 90s (esp w nhl arenas) that see public coffers used to fund#some billionaires investment and that is WIIIIIIIIIILD. wild. ๐คช#cork in it for now
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