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Originally Posted by urbanight93
The most recent example being the City stepping in to fund the fireworks for a night. Reddit is screaming that this money should go to fund solutions to homelessness but the reality is the firework is a big draw and a major event in the summer that generates business and brings people together.
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Sure they found money for a scaled down one night fireworks display at the same time as cutting 12% from the Vancouver Civic Theatres budget. What has a bigger long term payoff for the city in terms of drawing people in?