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Its the exact same thing here in Vancouver, there are even protests because someone is going to tear down a small house that fits one family and build a bigger

by fleitz 11y ago

Its the exact same thing here in Vancouver, there are even protests because someone is going to tear down a small house that fits one family and build a bigger house on the same property that fits multiple families. We have a low interest rate fuelled asset bubble and 1%'ers are complaining that they can't afford detached housing in Vancouver, never realizing that if everyone in Vancouver live in detached housing we'd need 150% of the available land in Vancouver (like no roads, offices, parks, pools, etc just detached housing) It's stupid to expect to be able to live in detached housing in a world class city. The other thing is that Vancouver isn't really a 'city' in the way that many others are, the 'burbs are separate cities so we get this 'most unaffordable' label when its really much better than many other cities.

CountSessine 11y ago
Its the exact same thing here in Vancouver, there are even protests because someone is going to tear down a small house that fits one family and build a bigger house on the same property that fits multiple families. This is new - has the owner said that multiple families will live in that house? It's stupid to expect to be able to live in detached housing in a world class city Since when did Vancouver become a world class city? I don't mean that to be cruel; I live here myself. But Vancouver has neither the culture nor the power nor the money to be considered world class. The people are poor, the economy has a paucity of opportunities, and now the housing really is only marginally affordable, even if you go out somewhere crazy far like White Rock.
- fleitz 11y ago
  To be fair I agree with you on most of those points, however, Vancouver seems to think it's world class when really its quite provincial.
Grishnakh 11y ago
>The other thing is that Vancouver isn't really a 'city' in the way that many others are, the 'burbs are separate cities so we get this 'most unaffordable' label when its really much better than many other cities. What are you comparing to? Here in the US, it's exactly the same. Every single "big city" is really a metro area with a core city that bears the famous name, and a slew of separate cities bordering it. "Phoenix" for instance is a collection of a bunch of cities: Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Glendale, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Paradise Valley, Sun City, Peoria, etc. "Los Angeles" has more cities than I can count. "New York City" is a little more centralized (since the city annexed a bunch of the bordering cities back in the late 1800s, turning them into "boroughs"), but still has White Plains, Tarrytown, and cities in bordering states like Stamford, Jersey City, Newark, Bayonne, etc. Maybe European cities are singular like that, but not here in the US.

by fleitz 11y ago

CountSessine 11y ago

Its the exact same thing here in Vancouver, there are even protests because someone is going to tear down a small house that fits one family and build a bigger house on the same property that fits multiple families. This is new - has the owner said that multiple families will live in that house? It's stupid to expect to be able to live in detached housing in a world class city Since when did Vancouver become a world class city? I don't mean that to be cruel; I live here myself. But Vancouver has neither the culture nor the power nor the money to be considered world class. The people are poor, the economy has a paucity of opportunities, and now the housing really is only marginally affordable, even if you go out somewhere crazy far like White Rock.

fleitz 11y ago
To be fair I agree with you on most of those points, however, Vancouver seems to think it's world class when really its quite provincial.

Grishnakh 11y ago

>The other thing is that Vancouver isn't really a 'city' in the way that many others are, the 'burbs are separate cities so we get this 'most unaffordable' label when its really much better than many other cities. What are you comparing to? Here in the US, it's exactly the same. Every single "big city" is really a metro area with a core city that bears the famous name, and a slew of separate cities bordering it. "Phoenix" for instance is a collection of a bunch of cities: Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Glendale, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Paradise Valley, Sun City, Peoria, etc. "Los Angeles" has more cities than I can count. "New York City" is a little more centralized (since the city annexed a bunch of the bordering cities back in the late 1800s, turning them into "boroughs"), but still has White Plains, Tarrytown, and cities in bordering states like Stamford, Jersey City, Newark, Bayonne, etc. Maybe European cities are singular like that, but not here in the US.