tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8912637433672750959..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Is This the Future of Vancouver?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-56765492629320765942018-10-29T09:42:25.984-07:002018-10-29T09:42:25.984-07:00Not a lack of vision but a failure of government, ...Not a lack of vision but a failure of government, a letting the market decide. Because Pictures!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16422219564136553413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20123477022007355332018-10-23T10:38:42.945-07:002018-10-23T10:38:42.945-07:00Vancouver is a capitalist wasteland.Vancouver is a capitalist wasteland.Deacon Jesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509149236511255564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38886923918573296392018-10-21T20:01:20.372-07:002018-10-21T20:01:20.372-07:00Vancouver, 1975, has departed this mortal coil. Wh...<br />Vancouver, 1975, has departed this mortal coil. What an astounding place it was back then, eh? A city living so gracefully within the limitations of its magnificent terrain. From what I'm told a 1-bedroom apt. begins in the two thousand range, perhaps a bit under. Oddly enough, so does daycare. Puts single mothers in a real jam. <br />There's now a semi-nomadic community in Vancouver who work in the city but live in pick-up campers or small trailers. The city has lost its equilibrium, its municipal balance. Yet what's done is done. No going back now to the gentle days.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-27299515550466282572018-10-19T06:06:30.365-07:002018-10-19T06:06:30.365-07:00.. a friend of mine proudly mentioned his daughter..... a friend of mine proudly mentioned his daughter was certain to be accepted at UBC - her first choice. I suggested he ensure she applied to live in residence. In his view however, that would deprive her of getting immersed in the ambience of the overall city. Since he is paying the freight & she is now 18.. and he 'knows' Vancouver from when we both lived in English Bay in uh.. 1975..<br /><br />I was amused of course.. Residence is expensive.. and the food probabably aint wondrous..<br />But I wonder how any student from outside of Vancouver and/or their family can afford the current rents.. near UBC or Simon Frazer. I myself am completely out of touch re the current reality of off campus housing there.. not just rental costs, but location and what quality of living standard, adherence to what a 'legal' apartment is, shared accom etc, public transit, grocery stores..<br /><br />FYI - she is now frosh in residence.. killing her exams .. headed to be a marine biologist - save the whales - Her dad thankful the room & board is fixed.. and somewhat manageable per in residence on campusthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.com