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Originally Posted by agrant
There's a lot of people out there that don't think the Olympics will do much to boost interest in building in Vancouver. The reason is that historically, I think in every case, there has never been a building boom caused by an Olympic event. My guess is that it'll probably happen regardless, because that is how it goes - it is an up and down cycle. I'm not sure about other cities, but in Vancouver there is a building boom that seems to come every several years or so. You see a bunch of cranes in the skyline, then they dissappear for awhile, then they come back after a few years... Anyone who's worked in the construction industry for awhile will be able to tell you.
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Yeah. I tend to agree. This year in particular, there were cranes everywhere, especially in downtown. In previous years, there would still be construction cranes, but just not as many. Even if historically, there hasn't been construction booms after an Olympic event, you'd hope that it would be different this time around
I'm hoping that not just a building boom, but simply that our city would garner even more global exposure. Toronto, in Canada, will always be the no.1 city that people around the world want to go to (if not live, visit), then it's Vancouver. So, I hope in that regards, Van will get a bit more exposure than TO
