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Originally Posted by UFO
Sorry first time I've heard anything in bby described as being a stone's throw from the DT core.
I'm almost feeling a sense of entitlement of how things should be tailored to your commute. Imagine what your commute will be like once that construction is done, and the roads will be flooded by the people who will be living in these developments. I'd argue the change is coming/here already: start taking the bus/skytrain/bike. The infrastructure IS there, nobody's fault you choose not to use it.
You chose to live so far away from work, sure maybe your commute has changed over time. Guess what, you're not the only one. You can 1)get a job closer to your home, 2)move closer to your work, 3)work hours outside of peak traffic; and if those aren't options all you can really do is deal with it.
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Have you not been reading the headlines speaking about how Vancouver's economic future could be in serious danger due to the issues people are having getting into the Downtown Core, clearly I'm not the only person with these complaints. My job actually requires me to have my vehicle, at times I will need to leave the office to meet clients. I plan to bike to work this summer, but if you think Brentwood is far from Downtown Vancouver, you are crazy.
I would never claim to think my commute should always be the same, the problem I'm having is the absolute unfettered amount of construction going on throughout the city, downtown in particular. Let's be real here, downtown is still the economic core of this city, so to say "get a job closer" is a pretty ignorant thing to say.
We all know there are not many entry ways coming from Burnaby/East Vancouver into the downtown core, so one has to wonder this city's logic when we allow construction to completely shut down, or severely slow the few entry ways we have into the city.
I have no problem with growth and process, but I would like to see it managed better so that the folks that actually LIVE HERE (not those investing from across the ocean), can still traverse this city in a realistic manner. Throwing up Condo's and slapping a bunch of extra traffic lights along major entry ways is not the answer, at least not in my opinion.
There is no entitlement in my bones here, I was born in this city and have grown up here for most of my life. Most citizens here just want to see sane progress, and not this cash grab that our government has sold this city to wealthy investors.
Shit, if this city was a real economic hub full of vibrant individuals that actually live in these buildings that are going up, this would all make perfect sense. You and I both know this isn't the case, though.