[Metro-One]

To me there is a big difference between plain billboards posted around highways and fun vibrant LCD screens placed in commercial areas. I wish the city council would start to see this difference. It seems to me that the vast majority of opinion on this forum leans more towards creating more neon signs and video billboards than not. Usually the people who are against such things are a lot more vocal in their opinion, while people who enjoy such things do not express their opinion. So it may seem that Vancouver hates such initiatives but i suspect it is just the loud nimbys that make it seem so. I still do not see how it is wrong to have at least one or two small districts in a city that embrace such vibrant atmospheres. Again you no longer have to go to cities that are bigger than Vancouver to see such districts, they are even in smaller cities now such as Winnipeg and Calgary. hehe, Reno is only 300 000! Also the tree hugging thing is going a little far when you can barely trim trees in QE Park. I think that the conversion of playland to a nature park is another step in the wrong direction, unless they have plans to build an even bigger/better theme park in an area that is better connected to transit (which i highly doubt). Almost every city over a million has some form of theme parks, i love the PNE and rides, i go every year, and i will be angry to see that form of variety disappear for a form of park we already have an abundance of. It is creating a mono city. No wonder the youth in this city turn to gangs and vandalism, when you take so any forms of entertainment away that appeal to the young they become very board, which increases their chances of being involved in bad activities. Don't get me wrong, it is great that we have such a green city, but not every last single inch has to be the same. Also environmentalist should maybe get their priorities straight and should be fighting to preserve what is left of our untouched old growth rainforest instead of wasting their time on protecting garden variety trees in city parks. Ugh, sorry about the rant, Vancouver to me is the best city in the world, but that is not to say that we are perfect. What i just wrote in my opinion are the two areas we really need to improve on (Adding some vibrancy through lights/LCD screens and other initiatives in our commercial districts and the preservation of variety in entertainment)