Burnaby Updates

[GlassCity]

Originally Posted by Vin

Nowhere can trump downtown Vancouver when seeing how badly people dress or carry themselves in the Lower Mainland. Style-wise is one thing, but there are worse things that come to play when I say that: fact is, there are residents who are totally sloppy: they don't cut their hair or beard, or shower, or wash their clothes. Drawn-in faces and shrinking bones show many had been devastated by drugs. Many sit around, some making lewd comments at ladies passing by, some litter the streets whenever they can. I've seen it all. Just walk down Granville Street any time of the day or hang out East Side.

Neighbour of mine from Calgary says their city has no tolerance for the homelessness and street garbage, and that's why overall the Calgary looks clean (as in most cities in the developed world, other than the U.S.). Vancouver does not do much to make sure streets are clean and orderly.

Burnaby or Metrotown isn't bad by comparison. Streets are clean and well-maintained. Perhaps people there need improvement in the fashion-arena, but I don't think they look like hobos. I believe that by creating more work places in the Metrotown area and making it like a real downtown will one day propel Metrotown to become more sophisticated fashion-wise. By the looks of things, I think Metrotown is heading that way to become the second downtown of the Lower Mainland, without a lot of the negative traits (eg. from residents as well as transients) that tag along with it.

If Burnaby or Calgary had the homeless population that Vancouver does, they'd be a lot dirtier too. Easy to say what a better job you're doing when a problem is much smaller to deal with.