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Originally Posted by delboy
Yes, things need to improve I agree. You — and blow plal, all your rants are booze themed. Never suggested losing neon equated to maturity, I think it is a shame wenlostbit, but the city with today offers more than the city depicted in the movie reel.
I actually agree with some of your points, but to pine for an era you never experienced, motivated by perceived nostalgia is very niaive.
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I was speaking to the attitudes of the era, not the era itself. Back then Vancouver punched well above its weight in a whole bunch of categories. Today it seems to have too much tunnel vision and is still way too involved in overegulation of just about everything.
Also, I wasn't speaking to just the movie real in the thread but rather the large amounts of both picture & video evidence that illustrates a different city that was more open to opportunity for everyone. (not just some as we do now). I don't need to have lived through WW2 to know that it wasn't exactly the best time in world history. Same thing applies here. Again, for a region that has more than quadrupled in population since that era, the city hasn't exactly lit it up when it comes to the development of "fun" things to do and in recent history has even lost some.
Finally, it is possible to bring up points without needing to stoop down to the level of using personal attacks.
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