MillionDollarHomeVille
So.
The other day I was bitching and moaning about how the Water Main work on West 16th in the Creme-Belt was finished in, like, a day-and-a-half back in the summer, while King Edward East of Main has pretty much been Beirut-in-the-'80's for going on an epoch or two now.
Anyway.......
My good friend Doug, who lives in peace and tranquility out amongst the cedars in the Kootenays, left this nice comment.
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Well Hell Ross -
The plebes east of Main St. just don't have the political clout ($$$$$$$) you know -=it;s the properties west of Granville (OK then) that are worth the $$$$
Now, I know that Doug is accurate in his description.
Except that it is an old, pre-2003, accuracy.
What the heckfire am I talking about?
Well, here is my tongue-placed-firmly-in-(clenched-teeth)-cheek response to him...
Doug--
Here's the thing....
The Main/Fraser corridor is not what it used to be....
Case in point, the house down the street from us - EAST of Fraser! - just sold for almost $800K....
As for the Main St itself....Well, A Million Dollars and a passel of Barenaked Ladies will probably get you a tear-down and maybe, if you're real lucky, some dijon ketchup and a really cruel green dress with fake fur .....
Anyway.....
Folks who are laying out green like that are not going to put up with this crap (and nor should they), regardless whether or not they KNOW that Smilin' Sammy and the Spamaloteers really "Big (and still hidden) Money Adventure " to kill wards that not-so coincidently launched a failed Mayorality back in ancient, pre-bubble times, is STILL putting the screws to them....
Or some such thing.
(Am I steamed about having to travel from the 30's down towards 'The Stinkin' [aka Kingsway], turning left against traffic, and then jig-jogging all over the place through peoples' backyards just to get on that hump-backed bit of one lane far, far East End 16th so I can then crawl all the way to Dunbar every morning? You bet I am!)
(Oh - and why not 33rd Ave you might be asking?...Well, where do you think all that King Edward traffic coming off Knight and all parts East is going?....And have you seen how long they've been working on that kinghell f*ck-up/left turn/can't line-it up anymore because of the 29th Bike Lane that nobody rides, me included, because it's uphill all the way compared to ,say, 26th/ at 33rd and Cambie? Sheesh!!!)
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