Junction Triangle residents live in fear of a roaming cloud of rendered-pig-skin odour

There are certain things that aren’t obvious about a neighbourhood until you’ve lived there for a while: which laundromat is the best, where to get a good hamburger—and, of course, when to flee in terror from the clouds of pig-scented miasma that escape from the nearby gelatin factory. That last dilemma isn’t a hypothetical. The Star reports that, since the start of 2014, Junction Triangle residents have lodged 52 complaints against Nitta Gelatin, a nearby processing plant that turns pig hides into the base ingredients for things like gummi bears and skin creams. “You can almost feel it,” a ten-year resident named Whitney Miller told the Star. “It soaks right into you.”
The thing is, as the Star points out, the plant has been a Junction Triangle resident for far longer than any of the homeowners who are now complaining about the smell. It opened more than a century ago, though Nitta didn’t move in until 1990. The up-and-coming neighbourhood’s industrial vibe has even worked to buyers’ advantage, to a certain extent: according to Toronto Real Estate Board data, average house prices in the area remain relatively reasonable, with detached homes tending to sell for less than the city average (which was $921,127, as of June). It may be time for homebuyers to accept that finding a place to live in today’s market means tolerating the occasional waft of slaughterhouse exhaust.
Poor homeowners who don’t do their research. Stay where you are Nitta.
if we’re getting particular about neighbourhoods then technically, it’s outside of the triangle – I’d call it bloordale? The triangle is deteremind by the tracks – it ends just shy of Lansdowne.
Typical that people move in because it’s an up-and-coming trendy hood and suddenly think they own the whole damn neighbourhood. #GoNitta!
Unfortunately not everyone has $1.5 million for a house in Toronto. Yet there are plenty of industrial zones away from residences.
sorry didn’t know that you look every company within 2 miles of your targeted neighbourhood. How does one know to google – gelatin factory nearby blank address?
If you don’t do basic research before buying a house, then you should learn to live with your neighbours who were there first.
If you move into an industrial area with a factory that has been there for decades, it’s mighty arrogant of you to start calling for the closure of that factory.