• The Dark Lord ☑️@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    This is gross. This happens everywhere in the US, and you can’t find anywhere to walk along the water. The best you can do is find the one plot of land that’s public and walk around in the tiny park there. Public access to the waterfront is one of the many things that make Vancouver great, and it should be accessible to everyone, not just the wealthy.

  • blindsight@beehaw.org
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    1 month ago

    That’s ridiculous. The net property value lost from losing close access to the beach is worth way more than the money the city got, on the margin, from the sale. It doesn’t even make economic sense, let alone the equity issues.

    What a joke.