6d ago

City of Toronto says it's seriously considering a zoning change to allow small businesses in residential areas

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Neighbourhood Retail & Services

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Homefront businesses are a huge economic boon. Zoning them out of existence was a direct attack on the working class.
If this helps to reduce dependency on large corporations like Walmart and Amazon, then it can't be done soon enough!
- Is there anything stopping a ~~bug~~ big [dyac] company from clandestinly creating smaller companies to take over? That's my only concern, I have no care or interest in running a businss so I have no idea how difficult that would be to pull off
  
  Outside of major roads (the proposal sounds like it allows strip-mall-type businesses facing onto major roads), the limits are on square footage, traffic, hours, and compliance with residential noise and similar restrictions. Mcdonald's probably wants to be open at 1am and have two lanes of drive-thru, but if some franchisee thinks they can make a go of it with a day-hour-only, walk-up-only store, I say let them try.
Hell yeah! Gimme some of that sweet corner store action!
It's fucked up that this was ever a question.
I don't see why there was ever a separation to begin with. It's amazing have coffee shops and sandwich shops / corner stores in residential areas.
I can see not wanting a McDonald's beside you, but a little local coffee shop would be great
We need more bodegas in neighborhoods
I think Winnipeg used to long ago? Certainly noticed all the boarded shops just randomly in the middle of older suburbs when I still went there to see grandparents.
- Everywhere did until the early to mid 20th century. Exclusionary zoning was invented to keep the poor's in their place.
Sounds good. Having all the houses over there while everything else is over here was a stupid idea.
I'm sure there are people who like their rolling sea of samey houses with no commerce, but some people have poor taste and bad ideas.

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