As my alert Twitter readers (aka William Lee) have noted, I am in France, observing contemporary urban culture. Here, as in Vancouver, I hear some same themes and drumbeats: the magazine cover in the Midi Libre I bought two days ago was focused on urging people to buy real estate now, while prices are low, […]
Entries from January 2016
Your forum: What is right and wrong with Vancouver?
June 9th, 2015 · 48 Comments
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How Vancouver is different from Toronto: denser, less development on rural edges, less population loss in centre
June 2nd, 2015 · 25 Comments
I’ve been intrigued with the Neptis Foundation, a privately funded group in Toronto, ever since one of their reports wound its way onto a Metro Vancouver agenda about five years ago. This group has looked carefully at how cities add new residents, using aerial surveys and other tools to examine exactly how much land is […]
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