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Originally Posted by Vin
What about underutilised or abandoned industrial lots, such as those in the River Rock Casino neighbourhood, or the blight south of Marine Gateway? You rather they continue that way?
It's not about growth fetish; it's about improving neighbourhoods going through periods of decay. This region has always been trying to keep afloat by attracting foreign funds here, and when they do arrive to drive the local economies, you want to have your cake and eat it too? Sure, funds coming from abroad are not always clean money, but to stereotype housing in Richmond as mostly bought by unclean money is more than bordering racism.
The bigger picture is that you have a job, not starving and still living in this region. If you want to change the status quo, don't blame it on the wrong people.
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I'm from Richmond and I love it, believe me I am not singling it out. All I'm saying is I can't get that excited over these condo developments because I know very few of my peers will be able to afford to live in them. To me, they are symbols of inequality and money trumping all. And this goes for the whole region.
You shouldn't put words in my mouth. When did I even mention the cleanliness of the money or stereotype that most of it is bought by the dirty variety? I don't care how the money is made, I care that it's had the impact of pushing many people in our region into extremely precarious housing situations.
I never mentioned that I'd prefer they stayed vacant lands either. I like the way the development all looks. These projects that SkytrainCar026 put together so well are great. I just wish they weren't coming in under these circumstances. And actually, as a long-time resident of Richmond, I resent you calling these "neighbourhoods going through periods of decay." They were never the prettiest, but they served our community just fine.
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In any case, I was worried about this taking over the thread right away. I imagine this might still go on for a bit, but I really hope that anyone who has updates to share on Richmond developments still does so. I'll certainly always be very interested to see them. I am still very attached to Richmond and am always excited to see how it grows.
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