I love telling my friends that live in 600k condos in downtown, that a meth shelter is a block away, that their taxes paid for.
Or that 30k of that was for "social project" as part of the agreement to build their building.

You go to work, so that someone else can smoke meth, get free housing, and a cheque every month

You think i dont want to smoke some fentanyl after a bad shift some times? Hell yeah i do, but if i did, there would be no money for your 8th ambulance ride back to your free condo a block away from me

#deport-all-meth-users-to-an-island-up-north

Il see myself out

I'm a complete NIMBY. I fully admit it. No shame.

Stay away from my street. Stay away from my neighbourhood. My house was effing expensive. We bought it for a reason. A quiet street/cul-de-sac with single family homes with decent sized yards, driveways, and kids playing in the street without parents having to watch over them.

When we lived near lower lonsdale, we bought a condo in a new complex and the rest of the area was also zoned for new construction of condos and townhouses. Whenever a sign popped up indicating another complex was about to be built, we couldn't complain. That's what we bought into: density. Even if the parking was bad and traffic was brutal some days. That was the deal.

But that's also why we saved like crazy and then moved to our house. We don't want to live next to a 4-plex.

Yes fine, this may be the inevitable future. But I can still complain about it.

I'll see myself out too. lol.

I like the honesty eff-1 :thumbs:

eff-1 should change his name to eff-u-i-got-mine

This is cool...

3680 Marine Way (DP-2025-01014) development application

https://s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.co...png?1771611511

Wesgroup Properties has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a temporary fitness centre on this site, consisting of:

Eight professional-grade paddle courts
Retail store
Beauty and Wellness space
Flexible space
Surface parking, having vehicle access from East Kent Ave North

ngl, the older I get, the more I feel this way haha.

^its the lynn valley getting into you

At first I thought these (pickleball?) courts were going to be right up along Marine Way haha

i dunno about pickleball. when i see clips online it's always dude bros losing their shit throwing paddles at people or whipping the ball at people throwing temper tantrums :lol

I don't think much of what you said falls into the kind of NIMBY-ish that YIMBYs like me have an issue with. The last point is where it might cross over - do you complain by writing to city council and do you tell lies about the impact of the changes to you? Are you actively trying to infringe on other people's property rights?

The bulk of the NIMBYs who show up to city council or who make the news are bald faced liars or entirely irrational.

If you want a real NIMBY story here's one: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...m_medium=email

This lady is a Karen class NIMBY - the site of this school has been known for 20 years, it was part of the original Olympic Village plan and was only delayed b/c the province didn't offer up the funds. Meanwhile hundreds of kids went on waiting lists for kindergarten in the past 20 years. Funds have now shown up but the area has grown faster than expected so the school needs to be built bigger than originally planned - it needs to hold about twice as many kids and it needs to be 4 stories instead of 3 to fit the kids in.

It doesn't take much logic or rational thought to say she's full of shit - there's simply no way this is going to be the biggest mistake the city has ever made nor will the ramifications of adding a SCHOOL end up being bad for the area.

She CHOSE to live across the site of where the school was going to be built - this is like buying a house next to the airport and then complaining about the noise from the airport.

Fuck her and her type.

100 percent. It's for people who don't have the skill and stamina to play tennis too.
Ping pong on a tennis court for man child. LUL

Originally Posted by Harvey Specter View Post
This is cool...

3680 Marine Way (DP-2025-01014) development application



Wesgroup Properties has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to develop a temporary fitness centre on this site, consisting of:

Eight professional-grade paddle courts
Retail store
Beauty and Wellness space
Flexible space
Surface parking, having vehicle access from East Kent Ave Nort

A temporary fitness centre eh? Wesgroup is going to build condos at Marine Way in the East Fraser Lands District in the future.

How is an elementary school a BAD thing? How is this a huge mistake? What's wrong with this woman? :confused:

I can't even think of which elementary school would serve these kids. I think there's one called False Creek Elementary, and another near Andy Livingstone Park (not 100% sure) and then there's Strathcona, which is quite a hike for kids and parents.

Some people actually get mad at kid noises during recess/lunch and the surge of traffic at 8am and 3pm.

Some people buy near an airport and get upset about jet noises, some people buy near the burnaby oil tank farm and get mad when they expand the pipelines.

Can't win them all.

My issue is, why do we need to build affordable housing in the most expensive area in Vancouver? It's like me demanding to live in central HK, or going into the Porsche dealer and demanding them to pay their fair share and subsidize the cost of a GT3 to a mazda 3.

Wtf, how is an elementary school across from your house a bad thing?

They're watching out for home burglary while you're out for work!! And what kid noises?? Shouldn't you be at work?!

maybe they're old/retired and nap during the day.

imagine that annoying bell noise at school start, recess, lunch, end of school.
they'll be woken up from naps 4x a day!

The belief is that diverse neighbourhoods are good for society - that building affordable housing (social housing or rent controlled housing) in well off neighbourhoods is good for both parties. The poors get access to amenities that they wouldn't otherwise get access to while the rich are "forced" to mix with the poors which helps reduce elitism and classism. For the poors it increases their odds of climbing the income ladder.

This is not a new thing - the False Creek South area, one of the most valuable pieces of land in Vancouver is all co-op housing (https://www.falsecreeksouth.org/neig...d-association/).

was wesgroup one of them that was going to go down?

I think you may be thinking of Westbank! :)

Can't wait, we talked to the owner of the new courts in Richmond, all the youngins in their late 20's opening them. Profits there.

everything full booked within 1 second of release, it's like golf tee times.

friends are tryna build one out in langley, awaiting permits. I wanna co-own too but alas everyone's too rich, don't need money lol

how long is this fad going to last?

I was in Victoria last summer and they were pickling pretty hard on a weekday at like 2 pm. Lots of unemployment I guess.

Go to Queen Elizabeth Park on any evening and you'll see how popular this pickle thing is.

Yeah, I don't think this pickleball thing is a fad. It has some interesting economic impact and its accessible and inclusive to anyone.

Here's a clip regarding the Vancouver development plan for the next 30 years which is having a public hearing next week.

Hopefully this also reduces the number Karens and NIMBYs (no offense to Eff-1)