Here's what some Windsorites want to see in today's draft city budget

It took Daniel He five kilometres before he realized his car had a flat tire.

The former Vancouver resident, who moved to Windsor five months ago to study law at the University of Windsor, only realized he had a flat when someone flagged him down and told him.

"The roads here really seem poorly maintained compared to the roads in Vancouver," He said.

"If this was in Vancouver, I would have immediately realized I had a flat tire and that something was wrong because the car clearly [would be] shaking more than normal."

He had only been living in Windsor for a few weeks before it happened.

"I just thought it was just the roads because in my experience, the roads were not great," He said.

"Part of the shaking was because of the road, the other part was because of a flat tire."

Poor road conditions, especially around the University of Windsor, is something He hopes the City of Windsor will be addressing when its draft budget is released Monday.

"I'd like to see the roads maintained better so that drivers can have a safer time driving," He said.

"All these bumps on the road, especially during winter time, now that there's snow, can lead to traction issues that could potentially cause people to get into accidents that they otherwise wouldn't be getting into."

Although just one tire was damaged, He had to replace all four tires on the car, which he says set him back $2,000 because they are not a standard size.

Despite the city offering residents an opportunity to claim compensation, He is skeptical to file a claim as any compensation paid by the city requires proof the city is responsible.

"How would it be possible to prove that it was the city's roads at fault?" he wonders. "I feel like that's just an impossible standard."

Helping homeless Windsorites

Other residents feel homelessness in Windsor is not being adequately taken care of.

Roland Parent says it's "not very nice" to people "on the sidewalks and on the park benches," as the weather gets colder.

The head of Windsor's housing department recently gave the city a B grade as its housing and homelessness master plan reaches the halfway point.

While the city and housing advocates say more units are needed, Parent says more can be done to assist homeless Windsorites by focusing on employment to opportunities.

"Create some minimal jobs that they can perform that…they know that they're doing something good and they're making a little wage," he said.

Chelsea Dalton agrees, saying more housing funding and infrastructure for homeless shelters would help.

Other residents, such as Elize Fleming, say multiple facets of the city could be improved.

Along with helping the homeless, Fleming, who moved to Windsor from Ottawa five years ago, says there is a lot of litter on Windsor streets not being picked up expeditiously.

"It doesn't look like it's picked up regularly for this size," Fleming said, adding that she hopes the city increases the frequency with which litter is dealt with.

Fleming also says aggressive speeding and the revving of engines in the downtown core is a pet peeve of hers.

When asked what she thinks the city should do about it, she says more enforcement and traffic-calming measures, such as speed bumps and digital signs telling drivers their speed, should be implemented.

Other complaints made by Windsor residents to CBC News include the poor state of downtown infrastructure and sidewalks.