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Originally Posted by logan5
It's stunning that the City of Burnaby thinks that building tower after tower is the right course to take towards creating a diverse and pedestrian friendly neighbourhood. The more towers they build, the more homogenized Metrotown becomes, and incredibly their plan is to continue to tear down walk-ups and replace them with towers. If you look at any vibrant, walk-able neighbourhood in Vancouver, you will find that they all have a large supply of affordable walk-ups. Metrotown is becoming some out-of-control Frankenstein.
This is both hilarious and sad...
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Towers after towers with mixed use developments have turned downtown Vancouver (except West End) into one of the most liveable and liveliest downtowns in North America.
Generic residential-only towers have turned Joyce-Collingwood area into a rather dead zone.
So yeah, it really depends on how high-rises are designed and used.
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