Isn't there a healthy contingent of left-leaning granola types or is that just my stereotype of the islands?

Thank you for caring enough to write such an in depth article. You make a compelling case.

These Metro Vancouver projections are an excellent breakdown of how this evolution may play out over time. dailyhive.com/vancouver/me...

Personally I don’t think single family homes are bad. The policy issue has been that 80% of residential land bans anything else. Metro Vancouver can support millions more people while still having a healthy stock of SFH out there.

I’m sorry, what timeframe and world are we talking about here? Will be lucky to have one or two of these built within the next decade and even 100 years out there will almost certainly be many single family homes.

I agree with your opinion. My unscientific "vibes based" sense from conversations with the parent crowd is that the NWP narrative has slowly become truth for many over the past few years. I really just hope that my sampling isn't representative.

Daniel is backtracking on that “#1 increase in the region” statement while also stating that you called him a liar, which is untrue (although would also be factual).

Frustrating and exhausting. What is the answer to this constant deluge? NWP is out there setting the narrative with little response.

As long as the cheques still cash I'm fine with whatever they want to call the job.

I'm going to go crawl into a corner now...

This is amazing! A decade ago "in my diaper era" I honestly considered creating a similar map and even selling change table installation services as a side hustle. Give business to those with change tables, shame those who only install in the women's washroom or not at all.

Great news! So happy to have this confirmed. Thank you for digging in to get the scoop.

I had the same reply in my family chat. Of all of the things to be riled up about.

Thanks! Glad to have you back in action.

Awesome! Looking for stories? Without local journalism around I might have creating rumours about the riverfront near the new bridge. 😉 Would love to read some more definitive information. www.reddit.com/r/NewWest/co...

This article has the latest: dailyhive.com/vancouver/lo....

My 2 cents is that it will be great to see the area redevelop but it is wise to pause for a moment to make sure there's a plan to designate potential parks or institution (read: school!) space. Not many large undeveloped lots like this.

I'm very curious about what this would look like once the Expo Line Surrey-Langley extension is complete. Given bridge bottlenecks and distance from highways my hypothesis is that a fairly large area will become green and yellow.

There was a community plan for the area back in 2004 that talked about exactly this (see screenshot) but it was never actually investigated in depth. Not happening.

Have you been tracking the progress and debates about what level of density for this area and what the uses should be?