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Originally Posted by alexjon
I find the new Vancouver downtown to be (more) dead and lifeless.
They expect it to become some magically urban city core, but it's not.
I'd wager a guess that they're going to slowly take the life out of businesses down there and bring in the amenities of a fourth-tier city like a starbucks or borders.
And on that note-- I love how the article a little bit above applauds the appearance of a starbucks in downtown... if that's what makes a city successful, then I know quite a few small towns that have Vancouver beat down in that regard.
Well... it's not that hard, but still.
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And that's why the City of Vancouver governments are trying to funding so much effort on the downtown, such like Vancouvercenter, Riverwest, 10K Residents Waterfront Envision, The Columbian developments, etc. They WANT the downtown become the heartcore in Vancouver, not the sprawling area such like Mill Plain or Fourth Plain or Highway 99 or whatever is outside the truly downtown Vancouver. Also the downtown Vancouver is the first area where they was incorpated(sp?).
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