Quote Originally Posted by onthestrip View Post
But the highway coming in pretty much kills any good reason the neighborhood has when it comes to more traffic or density. They lost those arguments with the highway now in place for many many years. I dont see how apartments could be any worse than the actual loud and traffic inducing highway. Any perceived negative effects from an apartment or big box retail would be negligible on nearby residents day to day life.

In Edmond Im talking about 35 between 2nd and 15th where Fox Lake residents, who live very close to an existing highway, walmart, sams, etc fought hotels for all the same dumb reasons most NIMBYs oppose something. Traffic, noise, trash even though the highway already brings all of that.
traffic moving by on 235 is much different then increased traffic on 36th