Vancouver General Discussion Thread

[mcj]

Is the Gastown BIA unaware that Gringo has closed? It also was about as Mexican as Panda Express is Chinese.

[RedArbutus]

Originally Posted by mcj

Is the Gastown BIA unaware that Gringo has closed? It also was about as Mexican as Panda Express is Chinese.

Yeah I swear that the BIA reps have cited "Mexican owned" establishments in response to the confusion over the Barrio signage, and Gringo is not only intentionally not authentic (like a parody of cheap bastardized tacos), it's also decidedly not owned or operated by Mexican-Canadians.

[WarrenC12]

I will not abide this Gringo hate! Cheap beer and tacos when nothing else was happening in the area years ago.

But they are closed now anyway aren't they?

[kikin]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

I mean it's like calling Robson Little Tokyo because there's a bunch of ramen shops there.

the carnita restaurant in the International Village mall food court is actually really amazing

[SpongeG]

Surrey has a few Mexican businesses in the Whalley area, unfortunately, they are all deep in the area where all the homeless and drugged-out people hang out. There are about 3 Mexican/Latin American stores and a few Mexican restaurants. And there seem to be a number of Mexicans living in the area as well.

[James Bond Agent 007]

Vancouver one of the world's 10 most livable cities.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/the-worlds-most-livable-city-for-2026-has-been-revealed/

[MIPS]

"one of"

tl;dr:

Vancouver, at No. 9, was the only North American city to crack the global top 10.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

Vancouver one of the world's 10 most livable cities.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/the-worlds-most-livable-city-for-2026-has-been-revealed/

It was also the only North American city to crack the Top 20 on the Monocle list, if one follows such things:

https://monocle.com/affairs/urbanism/qol/quality-of-life-2026-most-liveable-cities/

[SpongeG]

So many people are opposed to this, at least they have a large voice, I heard some callers and stuff on the radio last week or so, some of them were theorist types that don't want 15 minute cities etc. Others don't want the city to get any bigger and denser and ruin where they live.

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[kikin]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

So many people are opposed to this, at least they have a large voice, I heard some callers and stuff on the radio last week or so, some of them were theorist types that don't want 15 minute cities etc. Others don't want the city to get any bigger and denser and ruin where they live.
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I live downtown and welcome much more density, the more working population and students the better.

[griswold]

There's a conspiracy theory that "15 minute cities" are a plan by communists to trap you where you live and you're not allowed to leave. They actually think that's what it means.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by griswold

There's a conspiracy theory that "15 minute cities" are a plan by communists to trap you where you live and you're not allowed to leave. They actually think that's what it means.

The lack of critical thinking is reaching previously unheard of levels. Social media is to blame, but it does show how corruptible human brains really are.

[Migrant_Coconut]

In fairness, Condon and other "urbanists" that think SkyTrain is too fast and that everybody should stay within separate village-neighbourhoods are definitely not helping the conversation.