Say YES to the World's Largest Backpacker Hostel in Chippendale

Say YES to the World's Largest Backpacker Hostel in Chippendale

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There's a proposal to convert the Telstra building on Broadway into a backpacker hostel with 1064 beds.

This is the perfect place to put more people, it's 5 minutes walk from Central and we know if we don't build hostels the people who'd use them instead overflow into sharehouses and other parts of the residential market.

This is being vigorously opposed by local NIMBYs who don't want "transient visitors" in their community who'll bring "increased bike traffic" and "erosion of neighbourhood cohesion" so we need your help to get it built!

Coffs Harbour has the Big Banana. Goulburn has the Big Merino. Let's put Chippendale on the map by building the Big Backpacker Hostel.

There's a proposal to convert the Telstra building on Broadway into a backpacker hostel with 1064 beds.

This is the perfect place to put more people, it's 5 minutes walk from Central and we know if we don't build hostels the people who'd use them instead overflow into sharehouses and other parts of the residential market.

This is being vigorously opposed by local NIMBYs who don't want "transient visitors" in their community who'll bring "increased bike traffic" and "erosion of neighbourhood cohesion" so we need your help to get it built!

Coffs Harbour has the Big Banana. Goulburn has the Big Merino. Let's put Chippendale on the map by building the Big Backpacker Hostel.

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  • Mention the housing crisis, and how failure to build enough of this sort of accommodation causes people to move into sharehouses and airbnbs, driving up rents
  • People living in this development are going to be living car free near the best public transport in the city
  • This is close to shops, pubs and greenspace

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