Today's Windsor Star has a blog article by Monica Wolfson, where she says that 30 percent of new homes built, were in Windsor - "down from the 51 per cent share of residential construction" this city had in 2002. Why are they comparing stats with 2002 instead of last year or the year before? Of course it's going to be down from a decade ago. Look at what's happened in that time span, not just here, but all over the world.
Meanwhile, comparisons for surrounding communities were compared with their new build stats from 2006. This just reinforces the idea that people are leaving this city.
I agree the development fees are too high and taxes are high, we pay too much for utilities and we have a bit of a black eye as a community. Articles like this, that attack our growth based on decade old data, isn't making things better for any of us. As well, one person says there's a "glut of resale homes" and another says we need to revitalize urban areas but can't because no one wants to live on some of the existing streets downtown or on the westside.
Seriously, it's too contradictory and confusing. Just compare apples to apples and see if things look better.
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