Quote Originally Posted by Jason View Post
This is the view from their backyards. https://goo.gl/maps/jBHzGHhdJoT2 You can't tell me that people who are so outraged by an apartment building would buy houses with that next door.
There is a difference between being able to see a 25 story building [[The Top of Troy Building) that is .6 mile away and having a five-story, 140 unit apartment building replace three single family home lots on your street.

These people bought in this neighborhood knowing what it was zoned. I couldn't imagine having a single family home next to me be turned into an apartment building.

From the perspective of a Rochester Hills resident, I don't mind density, but it should not be built within existing neighborhoods where it would be uncharacteristic.

Move this one parcel over and it's on Big Beaver, and then I'm fine with it.

People bought those homes knowing what the zoning was, just as the developer bought the three single family home properties knowing what the zoning was.

They can build three McMansions, still make a ton of profit, and call it a day.