I live in a city that purports itself as "green"; tons of hippies and student types, all politicians are "environmentalists" etc.
Last year, without batting an eye, city council voting to take an acre of greenspace by my building and turn it into "Permanent Supportive Housing"; 30 single units specifically built to warehouse the homeless. City bylaws explicitely state that the space they're using is required to stay green for the density we have here (it's also directly in the path of hundreds of children walking to school). They're just like "Nah, we vote to ignore that law".
Yep. Green space to them is just temporary empty space that hasn't been filled with a tent city/tenements yet.
Spot on.
I live in a city that purports itself as "green"; tons of hippies and student types, all politicians are "environmentalists" etc.
Last year, without batting an eye, city council voting to take an acre of greenspace by my building and turn it into "Permanent Supportive Housing"; 30 single units specifically built to warehouse the homeless. City bylaws explicitely state that the space they're using is required to stay green for the density we have here (it's also directly in the path of hundreds of children walking to school). They're just like "Nah, we vote to ignore that law".
No such thing as a "green" city.