i’m assuming the Darebin City Council has declared martial law due to the rising tensions?
Wooden-Trouble1724 on
Adapt to contemporary times, Luddites
Sad_Salad2513 on
If you go down high street Thornbury it’s full of massage parlours and for lease signs. I think high rise will be fine.
TMiguelT on
Not a bad article, and lots of interesting history in there too. However, it’s hardly a balanced view to give the NIMBY group 11 paragraphs and the YIMBY group 1 offhanded reference.
Why not interview all the people who want to live there but can’t because of the $1.5 million median house price?
Polar_Beach on
Why bother blaming immigrants when nimbys are causing enough harm.
BrisLiam on
NIMBYs want to lock future residents out of the inner city. Development around High St and Thornbury is a no brainer.
garion046 on
I have lived in one of the very few high rises in Thornbury, and then a townhouse barely in Thornbury, and have now been forced out (mostly due to family needing something bigger and I can’t afford it there).
This cannot come soon enough. There is a need for development that utilises the transport the train line can provide, and gets people into more affordable housing closer to the city (if they work in that area).
The suburb needs it too. There are a few shops in the High St strip that do well, but there are a LOT of poorly performing or empty shops considering how affluent the area is.
I understand the debate in Preston with the market, that is a proper argument with pros and cons. Thornbury doesn’t have that; Psarakos is basically the only institution there and it has a high rise basically on top of it already.
binsonfiremiss on
I find it hard to believe that “suburb loyalty” is prevalent among more than a few handfuls of people but all these NIMBY articles act like it’s the norm all over Melbourne
robot428 on
Suburbs that embraced sort of mid-rise buildings – smallish apartment buildings, like 4 or 5 stories, are doing just fine. Shockingly it’s actually good for local small businesses, especially things like cafes and pharmacies and greengrocers and little smoothie places and bakeries, to have a bunch of local customers.
The suburbs that have refused to accept any development (because heaven forbid anyone that’s not fucking loaded live there) are now facing major pressure to develop and develop quickly. And I get why they don’t want big 10-15 story buildings but it’s also like – well you NIMBY-ed so hard against smaller development over time that now there aren’t a lot of good options left for you.
It’s really proof that moving with the times but on your own terms serves you a lot better in the long run, and I hope some councils have learned something.
AngrehPossum on
Please let them build high rise / mass mid rise near shops, main roads, stations, parkland borders. Thornbury station could be surrounded by mid rise.
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i’m assuming the Darebin City Council has declared martial law due to the rising tensions?
Adapt to contemporary times, Luddites
If you go down high street Thornbury it’s full of massage parlours and for lease signs. I think high rise will be fine.
Not a bad article, and lots of interesting history in there too. However, it’s hardly a balanced view to give the NIMBY group 11 paragraphs and the YIMBY group 1 offhanded reference.
Why not interview all the people who want to live there but can’t because of the $1.5 million median house price?
Why bother blaming immigrants when nimbys are causing enough harm.
NIMBYs want to lock future residents out of the inner city. Development around High St and Thornbury is a no brainer.
I have lived in one of the very few high rises in Thornbury, and then a townhouse barely in Thornbury, and have now been forced out (mostly due to family needing something bigger and I can’t afford it there).
This cannot come soon enough. There is a need for development that utilises the transport the train line can provide, and gets people into more affordable housing closer to the city (if they work in that area).
The suburb needs it too. There are a few shops in the High St strip that do well, but there are a LOT of poorly performing or empty shops considering how affluent the area is.
I understand the debate in Preston with the market, that is a proper argument with pros and cons. Thornbury doesn’t have that; Psarakos is basically the only institution there and it has a high rise basically on top of it already.
I find it hard to believe that “suburb loyalty” is prevalent among more than a few handfuls of people but all these NIMBY articles act like it’s the norm all over Melbourne
Suburbs that embraced sort of mid-rise buildings – smallish apartment buildings, like 4 or 5 stories, are doing just fine. Shockingly it’s actually good for local small businesses, especially things like cafes and pharmacies and greengrocers and little smoothie places and bakeries, to have a bunch of local customers.
The suburbs that have refused to accept any development (because heaven forbid anyone that’s not fucking loaded live there) are now facing major pressure to develop and develop quickly. And I get why they don’t want big 10-15 story buildings but it’s also like – well you NIMBY-ed so hard against smaller development over time that now there aren’t a lot of good options left for you.
It’s really proof that moving with the times but on your own terms serves you a lot better in the long run, and I hope some councils have learned something.
Please let them build high rise / mass mid rise near shops, main roads, stations, parkland borders. Thornbury station could be surrounded by mid rise.
It gentrified now isn’t it?