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But yes I agree, there is so much more to BC than that. BC is not a one trick pony and has so much more to offer than crazy real estate speculation |
I could be wrong but there doesn't seem to be as much suburban resentment toward the central city in Vancouver compared to Toronto.
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It's not even close to the severity of Toronto.
Surrey Vs Vancouver is competitive and a rivalry. Markham Vs Toronto is just a completely dysfunctional relationship. |
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Although I think Surrey vs Vancouver is more than competition and rivalry. First, Vancouver doesn't think of Surrey as a rival. Second, the complaints about transit money spent in Vancouver vs Surrey seem to be a form of resentment. |
I don't think there's much animosity between the suburbs and Vancouver, Surrey is fast growing and on the move and I don't think spends much time thinking about itself in terms of its relationship to Vancouver
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There are quite a few people there who want Surrey to be the “new Mecca” of Metro Van simply because of its accelerating pop growth while disregarding other cities that can benefit from them, such as Langley. Langley gets the same treatment by NoF people and some Surreyites as Prince George or Kamloops. |
I think of Surrey as the "Brampton" of the Lower Mainland (a blue collar suburb that "don't get no respect" which has become very South Asian), but in some ways it seems to have the boosterism of Mississauga (we're a real city!)
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According to the latest Abacus poll, the federal Tories are at 24% in BC!
With those numbers I don't see them breaking out of the Fraser Valley and Interior...and maybe Richmond. |
Cultural and climate similarities to BC are not to the east.
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Right-wingers in BC seem to like identifying with "the West" as a whole, progressives not so much.
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I always chuckle when Alberta folks start talking about western separation, insofar as they assume that a separated west would include BC. My experience is that most folks in BC would want nothing to do with that sort of arrangement. |
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James Moore took up the mantle of the West when he was interviewed about Trans Mountain. He said the decision was somehow done against the interests of the "West."
Yet the main opposition to Trans Mountain is in BC, not the Annex and the Plateau. |
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Bill VanderScam was a disaster, so it stands to reason that populism fell when he did. In more recent years, Gordon Campbell was a bit of a populist, but not to the same degree as Vander Zalm. Also, populism worked as a method to defeating the HST (thanks again VanderScam!) |
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I work in Alberta and they hate BC and Vancouver because of the pipelines. They are always well turn off your heat if you don't like oil. blah blah blah. NE BC where I grew up may as well be Alberta and I am sure most of them would love to join Alberta if given the chance. |
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It breaks down to the same old phenomena as always.. Edmontonians are envious and jealous of Calgary, And Calgarians are envious and jealous of Vancouver. Conversely most people in BC don't really even think about Alberta at all whereas Albertans are pre-occupied with BC. It's been that way for years and likely won't change any time soon. |
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