Urban planning Vancouver style
By Boris Mann on August 14, 2005 - 8:47pm
Roland and I met Chuq and Laurie for lunch the other day at The Boss in Chinatown. They obviously enjoyed their stay, since here's Chuq singing the praises of Vancouver's urban planning.
You'll also want to head over to the Seattle Pi article that got Chuq going.
To me, there's no comparison. Vancouver made tough choices, and stuck to them against developers who wanted easier projects -- and came out of it with a city that you want to live in and be in. Compare that to San Francisco, or San Jose, especially the latter as a city that seems to bow to developer demands rather than long-term needs of the city. All three cities have really strong and positive neighborhoods. All have their challenges (although to be honest, we've walked some of the seedier areas of Vancouver -- without feeling uncomfortable. Definitely NOT true in San Jose, San Francisco or Portland). But which is the city that has created an environment most positive and successful for its population?
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