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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
Unlike New West in the settler era, the CoV has a massive head start in amenities and tourism over the rest of the region, and even despite viewcones and such, businesses prefer downtown. Surrey or Burnaby could try closing the gap, but that's likely going to shift the centre of gravity to Commercial or Joyce at best, rather than Whalley.
At any rate, the original point of the argument was about whether Surrey will overtake Vancouver population-wise, and the expert consensus is "only a matter of time."
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No, the original point of the argument was how long Vancouver can maintain its lead over Surrey.
Given Vancouver's more aggressive planning policies of late, combined with its high demand compared to Surrey, imo Vancouver will be the most populated city in the metro far many years beyond 2040.