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Originally Posted by squiggs96
Another problem is the NIMBY crowd. The solution to cheaper housing and rentals, is to increase density, and thus the supply of both. Too many times in Vancouver people are crying over the prices of houses. These are the same people that don't want to live in a condo/townhome, and don't want towers in their neighborhood. There have been many towers that have been delayed, or outright cancelled, because residents in the neighbourhoods stop them. Then they go to the papers and say how they can't afford to live here. You can't have it both ways, people.
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This is the thing that drives me crazy.
The same people who scream loudest about our affordability issues, are also the first to complain about every new development proposal and "more ugly towers".
People need to adjust their reality and face the hard facts that a detached Vancouver house will always be in diminishing supply and other property types may have to become their family home.
There's a sense of entitlement to own a detached home but it's not realistic given our land and growing population.
Hesitation from people to live in the burbs also contributes to this issue.
In my ideal world, all of Greater Vancouver would be "Vancouver" and downtown would be relocated to somewhere around where South Burnaby is now.
This would allow growth from the core in all directions and remove the stigma of living in Surrey or places like that.
We would have a much large proportion of the population living within 30 minutes of downtown and transit could support it from all directions.
Having downtown and UBC on the Western water's edge of Greater Vancouver, is a beautiful yet terribly inefficient design.