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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
New York, London and Hong Kong all have massive public transit infrasctructure to move their poor and huddled masses from economically dense downtown to less dense suburban areas.
Vancouver is still struggling to implement the payment system for their skytrain that doesn't connect to most of the GVRD in a meaningful way.
If major cities were NHL teams, Vancouver would be the Oilers. Living out rebuild after rebuild with precious little real success, but always ready to tell you how great of a city it is. Best in the world, world class etc.
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A major issue with that is once again the wages in relation to needs. The governments taxes are based on the income of the people within their jurisdiction. Vancouver is full of non-residents and people who don't have high salaries. That leads to less taxes, which leads to less infrastructure.