There is no \u2018Right location\u2019; I would even be leery of suggesting that a \u2018best location\u2019 exists.<\/p>\n
There are good locations and bad locations; locations that have good points and bad points, strengths and weaknesses, advantages and drawbacks.<\/p>\n
But a \u2018Right location\u2019 for Abbotsford Community Services proposed first stage housing does not exist, and to pursue the \u2018Right location\u2019 is to chase a mirage.<\/p>\n
The only actual existence the \u2018Right location\u2019 has is in the context of the \u2018Right location\u2019 being a location anywhere Not In My Back Yard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cI am not against [insert name of project under discussion] it is just this is not the \u2018Right location\u2019 for __________, sounds so much more politically correct and so much less egocentric than NIMBY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It has been repeatedly stated that Abbotsford has a critical need for the proposed housing and that those who oppose the ACS proposal are not against this type of housing in the \u2018Right location\u2019 \u2013 said\u00a0 \u2018Right location\u2019 being in somebody else\u2019s back yard.<\/p>\n Which is why no doubt it has not been stated where this mythical \u2018Right location\u2019 is. Given the people in the stated \u2018Right location\u2019 would find (and support) that the proposed location behind ACS was the \u2018Right location\u2019<\/p>\n The truth is that if you choose any location in Abbotsford for the proposed housing, I can give you ten solid reasons that the location is not the \u2018Right location\u2019.<\/p>\n Abbotsford has a critical need for first stage housing – assuming the city and citizens want to pursue an approach to reducing the number of homeless on the streets that has been demonstrated to be effective.<\/p>\n An assumption I freely admit has a high probability of being wrong given the reaction by city council and citizens to the ACS proposal.<\/p>\n A reaction which provides no evidence of any desire to stop chasing the homeless around Abbotsford until……………what??….the homeless fall down a rabbit hole and join Alice in Wonderland?<\/p>\n An outcome which, sadly, is no more insane than council\u2019s chasing of the homeless around Abbotsford year after year after year after year…………in the hope that this time something different will occur and the homeless will……….disappear?.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is no \u2018Right location\u2019; I would even be leery of suggesting that a \u2018best location\u2019 exists. There are good locations and bad locations; locations that have good points and bad points, strengths and weaknesses, advantages and drawbacks. But a \u2018Right location\u2019 for Abbotsford Community Services proposed first stage housing does not exist, and to pursue the \u2018Right location\u2019 is to chase a mirage. The only actual existence the \u2018Right location\u2019 has is in the context of the \u2018Right location\u2019 being a location anywhere Not In My Back Yard. \u201cI am not against [insert name of project under discussion] it is just this is not the \u2018Right location\u2019 for __________, sounds so much more politically correct and so much less egocentric than NIMBY. It has been repeatedly stated that Abbotsford has a critical need for the proposed housing and that those who oppose the ACS proposal are not against this type of housing in the \u2018Right location\u2019 \u2013 said\u00a0 \u2018Right location\u2019 being in somebody else\u2019s back yard. Which is why no doubt it has not been stated where this mythical \u2018Right location\u2019 is. Given the people in the stated \u2018Right location\u2019 would find (and support) that the proposed location behind ACS was the \u2018Right location\u2019 The truth is that if you choose any location in Abbotsford for the proposed housing, I can give you ten solid reasons that the location is not the \u2018Right location\u2019. Abbotsford has a critical need for first stage housing – assuming the city and citizens want to pursue an approach to reducing the number of homeless on the streets that has been demonstrated to be effective. An assumption I freely admit has a high probability of being wrong given the reaction by city council and citizens to the ACS proposal. A reaction which provides no evidence of any desire to stop chasing the homeless around Abbotsford until……………what??….the homeless fall down a rabbit hole and join Alice in Wonderland? An outcome which, sadly, is no more insane than council\u2019s chasing of the homeless around Abbotsford year after year after year after year…………in the hope that this time something different will occur and the homeless will……….disappear?.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,45,59,20,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeless","category-issues","category-life","category-municipal","category-this-is-so-stupid"],"yoast_head":"\n