[LeftCoaster]

Hicks is most definitely the wrong word. Don't see too many truck nuts or meshback hats in Vancouver.

I think one of the big inhibitors is the city has an aging population who moved to Vancouver for a very specific reason, it's connection to nature and nearby natural environment. They are now concerned that the city is losing what they came here for. I think most of our generation disagrees with this notion that the direction the city is going is incomparable with what makes it special, but change can be difficult, especially as people age.

I see the NIMBYism in Vancouver, and most cities in north america for that matter, getting worse before it gets better as the boomers retire and have more time on their hands to resist change.

It's up to our generation to get out there and push for the change we want to see in our world and that we will need to see in the coming decades. Not just complain about it from behind a keyboard.