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View Poll Results: Which 'historic' districts should be opened for dense (25+ Stories) development?
West End 'Villages' (Denman, Davie, Robson) 21 55.26%
Gastown 11 28.95%
Chinatown 16 42.11%
Yaletown Historic District 10 26.32%
DTES (Strathcona) 20 52.63%
South False Creek 24 63.16%
Granville Entertainment District 22 57.89%
Shaughnessy 17 44.74%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

 

 
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Old Posted Dec 18, 2024, 6:42 PM
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We never have this mentality for any other private property. Should the government be out telling art collectors that you're not allowed to alter or destroy every dingy old painting and must restore them? Classic cars must be kept in working condition? Clothing made by 19th century seamstresses can't be unsewn to reuse the fabric? The old gas station isn't allowed to be closed down? My garden has to have the same perennials every year? Companies aren't allowed to replace typewriters with computers? Perhaps industrialists aren't allowed to replace the saboteurs with machinery?

Society grows and improves because we allow for change and we allow ourselves to let go of the past.



It was on the VHR.
So why do tourists from all over the world flock to Rome, Paris etc?
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