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Originally Posted by drew
Exactly. Downtown Winnipeg is like a metaphor for somebody who is down and out on their luck, with a substance abuse problem and not much hope for the future.
Just like anyone else in society with problems like this, the cure for downtown is to get it off the street (so to speak) and into publicly funded programs to ease off the addictions (subsidies) and to rehabilitate the area.
The goal is to transform the area into somewhere that contributes to society - and yes, just like a person with a drug addiction - it's gonna cost the public some money to get it done - for the greater good.
You have been living in Toronto too long if you think that Downtown Winnipeg will ever improve by simply waiting for market forces to drive the change.
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Who needs to be cured first to solve the problem, the downtown, or the people who inhabit it? (I am of course referring to the people who require drug addiction programs, not 100% of the people that live downtown)