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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
funny...now you have a city that has 24hr rushhour and a place were your average working family cannot afford to own their own property....A friend of mine who works downtown Vancouver says most of her coworkers have 1.5 hrs commutes because they have to live in Pitt Meadows for affordable place to live...
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I'm guessing that most of her co-workers COULD choose to rent in Vancouver in they wanted to. I know many people who aren't highly paid but make it work. I am guessing the difference is that they don't want to pay that much when it is cheaper to live in Pitt Meadows, or they want to own a home... which is fine - but it's still a choice.
I agree that the development system Vancouver uses isn't ideal for people that choose to live in the burbs and commute, but that is the point. Besides, the tax payers in Vancouver proper don't owe it to the people in the burbs to make their city easier to get to.