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regnaD kciN

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13. Personally, I prefer "a city of neighborhoods"...

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 02:21 PM

Jul 2012

...to one based on apartment/condo high-rises everywhere. Each time I visit Vancouver, I get a claustrophobic feeling, much the same as in Manhattan. And Seattle's neighborhoods are not all that far from downtown -- we aren't talking L.A.-style urban sprawl here.

Personally, part of what I like about Seattle is that its density and neighborhood orientation reminds me a lot of San Francisco. Can you imagine someone arguing that "New York City owns San Francisco" because the latter hasn't "pushed growth vertically" for the last sixty years?

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Why Vancouver owns Seattle [View all] ErikJ Jul 2012 OP

No fair! It's in Canada! eridani Jul 2012 #1

Nice post SophiaGreen Jul 2012 #2

Aloha e SophiaGreen mahina Jul 2012 #3

That's crap. pnwmom Jul 2012 #4

Your article is about Victoria not Vancouver CreekDog Jul 2012 #5

Do you really think the Island's raw sewage doesn't affect the other coastal cities pnwmom Jul 2012 #6

but you were blaming Vancouver for something originating in Victoria CreekDog Jul 2012 #8

Vancouver is affected by it, and has its own problems with sewage treatment as well. pnwmom Jul 2012 #9

but that's not what your initial post was about -your initial post was flat out wrong and misleading CreekDog Jul 2012 #10

It wasn't wrong. I'm saying that the quality of life of Vancouver and every other coastal city pnwmom Jul 2012 #11

I-5 Ron Obvious Jul 2012 #7

Inner city freeways leads to suburban sprawl and inner city decay ErikJ Jul 2012 #12

Personally, I prefer "a city of neighborhoods"... regnaD kciN Jul 2012 #13

I think Van has both-neighborhoods and high density core. ErikJ Jul 2012 #14