Tapioca | 12-04-2009 09:16 AM | Quote:
Originally Posted by RFlush
(Post 6712562)
This is why Vancouver can never be a great international city. It's the mindset of you idiots that ruin the image of the city. Have some of you guys even been to another country before? I highly doubt it. Go to HK, Seoul, China, Singapore, Malaysia and look at what they do to attract tourists and look what Vancouver does, shit all except for Whistler. | Whenever I visit other countries, I make sure I do my best to fit in. I attempt to communicate in the local language, eat at places frequented by locals, and I don't do anything to draw attention to myself. Therefore, I'm entitled to my "holier-than-thou" attitude about visitors who do not do the same when they come to Canada. Quote:
They are talking about letting more TOURISTS into Canada, not relaxing immigration. How many of you teenidiots work in retail? Work in service industry? You are saying you don't want more customers to keep your jobs? Are you saying you don't want more money in our economy? You don't want to make Vancouver a more international city so maybe we can have more investors in here? You are are truly single minded dumbfucks.
| To some, Vancouver is heaven on earth and therefore we don't need any more people with whom to share this place. To heck with the economy - I want my view of the mountains, my access to the beach, and a place to park my car for free.
Sure, I'm being tongue-in-cheek, but these sentiments are just underneath the surface. Check out Craigslist, the West Ender, or the Georgia Straight. Quote:
Also you want more clean? At least in HK and SZ they have trash cans everywhere to put your garbage in and if you put your cigarette on the floor, you will get fined if caught. Vancouver? I see everyone just throwing their butts on the floor. Great example there.
| Shenzhen may have a subway system and garbage cans, but it's still a classless city. I like Hong Kong though (perhaps because the British civilized the place before they left.)
I reckon that most of the rich Mainlainders got rich through their stakes in government-owned businesses. Money never buys class. |