Sorry, I wasn't signed in before: that comment above is from me (Yule).

I want to add something, though: you write "James Bay is the place council put buildings they don't know where else to put." What exactly do you think "council" is -- an omnipotent force or something? A "they"? Do you really think "council" is orchestrating development with some sort of unseen hand?

Look, no one is sitting around council table saying, "ok guys, let's spare Rockland and dump this next condo in James Bay." It doesn't work that way. Council is reactive, and you're reacting to the reaction. Great.

Nor is it the case that there's this evil cabal of developers sitting around in some backroom smoking cigars, saying, "ok guys, lets rodger JB till it bleeds."

You write, "James Bay needs help quickly." By whose lights? According to whose criteria? A friend of mine (Victoria native) moved out of JB because it was too parochial -- don't assume that you speak for everyone when you say "we want to keep it the way it was before it was," because chances are you're just representing one minority view.

Also, the idea that "James Bay needs help" is insulting. Help from whom? If the people who actually live there aren't on the barricades making a difference, maybe it's the case that your view is a minority view. Maybe you shouldn't be living in JB. Cities change. It might be sad, but consider the alternative: a place like the village of Portmeirion in North Wales, where the 60s cult classic "The Prisoner" was filmed, maybe? Believe it or not, I have friends from high school (Oak Bay High) who consider OB a PERFECT setting for the prisoner, which is why they left. Who needs to be a prisoner -- who wants to be a prisoner? Cities are made up of many different kinds of people, including non-prisoners, including people who won't agree with your point of view.

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