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The same problems are pretty much everywhere in the US. This brings to mind a proposed project in Boston that faced a lot of friction, in part because prefab co
by oftenwrong 8y ago
The same problems are pretty much everywhere in the US. This brings to mind a proposed project in Boston that faced a lot of friction, in part because prefab construction was proposed:
https://www.universalhub.com/2016/lagrange-street-residents-win-board-rejects-condo?nocache=1 https://www.universalhub.com/2016/lagrange-street-residents-...
>The Zoning Board of Appeals this week rejected a proposed condo building on the site of a former asthma-inhaler factory in West Roxbury, citing neighborhood concerns about density, parking and the developer's proposal to assemble prefab modular units on the site, rather than hiring local workers for more traditional construction.
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>But board member Mark Erlich, who is also executive secretary and treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, used the proposed modular construction to open an attack on the project. City officials have frequently expressed skepticism of such prefab units being bolted together, he said. But he added:
>It also removes a lot of [work] hours that could be done by people who live and work in the city vs. people in Maine, who wear sneakers.
- chrisseaton 8y agoWhat's the relevant of 'who wear sneakers'? It seems so orthogonal that I think it must be some kind of local joke?
- jt2190 8y agoIt's likely an allegation of lax worker safety, i.e. the workers should wear safety (a.k.a "steel toe") boots.
- cocacola1 8y agoPerhaps he's trying to structure it as "Those people from Maine are going to take our jobs."
- jmalicki 8y agoThey’re not wearing steel toed boots, therefore aren’t real respectable tradespeople.