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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
Burnaby only got around to allowing basement suites and laneways last year, and only because the province forced their hand. Doesn't matter how tall the luxury condos get - in terms of actual density and housing, the City of Vancouver is twenty years ahead of them.
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By population density it's even worse - Vancouver had more density than Burnaby back in the 1951 census. While Vancouver and Surrey (and New West) got busy with building homes (relatively speaking), Burnaby sat on their asses for the past 70 years.
IMO, no GVRD city should get more blame for the housing crisis than Burnaby - they had nearly as many resources to support housing as Vancouver did and wasted it and it's not like they built an alternative (like say a home for the super rich or something or a tourist destination) - it's little more than a city people drive through to get to Vancouver. Pathetic leadership for the past 50+ years.
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