I was busy and didn't get to respond to you, so my apologies.
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I’m on the way out bro. I’ll have another passport within a year or two.
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Don't let the door hit you on the way out
I jest. (I've always wanted to say that to someone)
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I don’t really understand this like… nothing I’m saying is wrong I’ve quantified everything I’ve said with actual statistics
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The problem is you often don't, or you quote statistics that none of us agree to
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Crime is wayyyy up.. downtown is littered with needles and piles of shit, homelessness, mental illness, etc. all out of control in the city I live in. And in comparison to virtually any other comparable city, these things are much worse.
I ask wtf is going on here, can we please do something, and the response is “well why are you still here?”
I can’t expect better for the country and city I’ve lived in my whole life? Lol ok
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Crime is way up all over the world. Traveling to a city and living in one is very different.
We were in Barcelona. We loved it. We were told not to go past a certain street as we were guaranteed to be robbed.
We enjoyed our time there. Just so happens during our time there, one of the days there was an independence rally and protest and there was a huge crack down. We lucked out and didn't see it because we weren't in that part of town. We were just there the day before.
I'm from HK. HK is a 1st class city on the surface, and a 3rd world country and many parts. Behind all the fancy hotels in TST and Central, there's thousands living in 20sqft subdivided rooms. There are triads and gang warfare, and depending on which side of the coin you sit, either an amazing police force or triads in uniform.
Every city harbours a dark underside, you just know Vancouver better and know where to look.
Kingsway used to be shit from Knight all the way to Rupert. It's no longer the case. Is it amazing? No. But nor are there prostitutes standing on every corner. Things shuffle around. Strathcona and Chinatown used to be this bustling area as well before it became a bit of a slum. Chinatown is slowly cleaning up.
Wherever you move to, unless it's some tiny village, there will be a underside or some kind of systemic issue. The question is whether if it bothers you or not.
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You say voting in different parties etc. won’t change anything, lol then wtf are we even doing. We are at a low point in Canadian society with a govt. that has been in power going on 9 years. If nothing else the opportunity for a change is enough to vote. You see change already in voting a different party in Ken Sim. In basically a month he cleared up the stupid Stanley park bike lanes, and increased the budget in the VPD.. things the previous govt. weren’t touching for fear of offending minority groups. So obviously a change in who is running things does have some effect on what gets done. Especially in municipal politics.
And that’s without mentioning all the taxes I pay for all this.
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This is my problem with some of your posts, you complain about one thing and then use a different example altogether to prove your point. You keep complaining about Trudeau and the federal liberal party but use municipal elections as an example that voting works. You also attribute a lot of the problems to the feds when it's not in their jurisdiction.
The issue of crime is one that, at this moment, I don't see either federal party having the political will to tackle. Trudeau isn't great, for one he promised elections reform that never came, but I definitely do not want the conservatives in power. I would however like it if someone else other than Trudeau led the Liberals. He's run his course but as long as the Cons are in shambles Trudeau will at the minimum win a minority gov't and there's no will to change unless he steps down.
Healthcare is a lot based on provincial gov't. Horgan and now Eby seems to be trying. What else is there?
I've honestly never felt unsafe in Vancouver, I'd be more concerned about the coyote that lives nearby or a bad driver than a high risk offender.