[jlousa]

You do realize the polictians are doing this because it is want the general public wants. I don't agree with all of it either but I can understand why they're doing it. The fact is these young people you speak of are a vast minority most of which do not even vote.
I think midnight is too early but I can understand wanting to reduce the hours in places like commercial drive, it's mostly residential and not fair to the residents living there to be woken up at 4am by drunks. This isn't Nimbism it's common courtesy. Also the idea of concentrating the drinking in an entertainment area isn't such a bad one, while it obvious attracts trouble, it is still easier to manage one large area then several smaller ones scattered across the area.
Besides this isn't only a City of Vancouver issue I don't beleive any of the neighbouring cities use the extended hours do they?