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Bikes, Live/Work, Art+Architecture, Height+Housing. Ideas for a world less blah.

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

Now this is some interesting train station design and transit oriented development proposed for Sen̓áḵw in Vancouver. Much better than the boring little boxes and slightly bigger boring boxes planned for Broadway Line. #vanpoli #vanre https://t.co/wPMlLOD1Pn

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

@KQ_VanCity 🙄

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

@pwaldkirch Skimming, read this as "46 storeys" in Dunbar. Sounds about right.

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

https://t.co/w3P2PciwcW

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

The point of Vancouver’s Broadway Subway is, of course, the long overdue subway itself. But so much more could have been achieved in station design - perhaps through architecture competition among emerging local firms or other. https://t.co/ZIMgURnYYF

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

Now this is some interesting train station design and transit oriented development proposed for Sen̓áḵw in Vancouver. Much better than the boring little boxes and slightly bigger boring boxes planned for Broadway Line. #vanpoli #vanre https://t.co/wPMlLOD1Pn

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

@DrBaseball @BlairBraverman do now, thanks!

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

A northern girl recently moved to the big city. If you want to live in Vancouver, you’re gonna need a good rain game. ☔️🐶

[Doug Saunders @DougSaunders]

Xenophobic urban myths really should be left to Canada's opposition parties.

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

free, dumb. 🤦‍♂️

[@andreawoo.bsky.social | 鄔瑞楓 @AndreaWoo]

Crowd has swelled to a couple hundred at Vancouver city hall now

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

Well that was civilized. When you know safely voting will only take a few minutes and a short walk from home - can fit in a dog walk and bubble tea run. #ElectionsCanada #Election2021 #vote 🇨🇦

[Carbon Credit Campbell (he/him) @wrychrd]

@BLAH_CITY They are excluding bikes and trying to override and ignore the consultation the city of Vancouver has already done. Basically, they seem to want to make Gastown into a Disneyland for the cruise ship industry while ignoring the people that live nearby and elsewhere in the city.

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

Never really bought the “we don’t need to ban cars” argument. There are so many reasons to turn that around and say “we don’t need cars.”

[urbanYVR @urbanYVR]

Gastown 2030: Fewer cars, wider sidewalks https://t.co/73IAq151Pq #vanre

[Richard Wittstock @rwittstock]

It’s a bit crazy when you think about it. Gastown should be car-free, 100% pedestianized. It’s so obvious.Just like any Altstadt in Europe…this sh*t ain’t hard. Just do it already ffs.

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

@kstewartVAN @CBCVancouver @CBCTheNational @j_mcelroy @fabulavancouver @CBCEarlyEdition @CBCStephenQuinn and some today might welcome just such a collapse in prices - allowing more to get into the market. would be interesting to know if any good came of that early-mid 80s crash. likely, paradoxically, most benefitted those with capital to buy & hold for future, pricier development.

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

40 years ago today, CBC report on Vancouver real estate, "the most expensive in North America". Similar newspaper articles from 1920s. So which is it, "foreign buyers", "money laundering" or chronic under-supply? #vanre #vanpoli https://t.co/Z89BngU07w

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

@kstewartVAN @CBCVancouver @CBCTheNational @j_mcelroy @fabulavancouver @CBCEarlyEdition @CBCStephenQuinn sure, there have been dips over decades - typically in line with national trends, interest rates, etc. point is, vancouver has always been expensive.

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

Not sure what to make of this "age of anxiety" claim regarding housing in Canada. If they're anxious about homelessness that's a real issue - but backyards for BBQs - not so much. https://t.co/xlTDitfQeO

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

also, speculators depend on chronic under-supply. how does this still need to be said? #vanre 🤦‍♂️

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

There is not necessarily any correlation between wealth and income. If someone sells a $1 or $2 million home somewhere and moves to Canada, they do not need to qualify for a mortgage on that home & likely wouldn’t in first years in the country, but they already have the wealth.

[😷 BLAH CITY 😷 @BLAH_CITY]

@BrentToderian 🤦‍♂️