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With the decrease from 30 acres to 15, what impact does that have on other neighborhoods? I am all in favor of more housing in Framingham - there is a housing crisis across this country that needs to be addressed. But keeping the neighborhood/village feel in some areas of the city and stacking housing in others means that some neighborhood get to keep their small town/city feel, while others have the impact of more people and less services. I live on the southside - it takes me FOREVER to get anywhere in Framingham because I either have to take Route 9 through or take circuitous routes to avoid it. There is no neighborhood school in my area, except Harmony Grove. No middle school. Kids in my neighborhood sit on buses for longer than they should to get to schools. Plus we have a healthcare center that's under investigation for lack of proper staffing. We need more housing, but we also need infrastructure to support that housing. Letting part of Framingham stay in its current patterns means the rest of Framingham takes on that burden. I don't know what the answer is but catering to the people who don't want change isn't it.
With the decrease from 30 acres to 15, what impact does that have on other neighborhoods? I am all in favor of more housing in Framingham - there is a housing crisis across this country that needs to be addressed. But keeping the neighborhood/village feel in some areas of the city and stacking housing in others means that some neighborhood get to keep their small town/city feel, while others have the impact of more people and less services. I live on the southside - it takes me FOREVER to get anywhere in Framingham because I either have to take Route 9 through or take circuitous routes to avoid it. There is no neighborhood school in my area, except Harmony Grove. No middle school. Kids in my neighborhood sit on buses for longer than they should to get to schools. Plus we have a healthcare center that's under investigation for lack of proper staffing. We need more housing, but we also need infrastructure to support that housing. Letting part of Framingham stay in its current patterns means the rest of Framingham takes on that burden. I don't know what the answer is but catering to the people who don't want change isn't it.
Roads too small.
It takes 25 - 30 minues to get accross rt 9 alone. from south to north
Rt 9 - bumber to bumper at 2 pm
It will get much worse.T
oo bad.