Not really a fan of how you say its a problem that there's traffic. Should be focused on our transit. And its history did not start with Gastown it started with the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. It's "drug problem" is byproduct of colonialism Mayoral neglect.
true that the regions history started with the aboriginal people but he's is pretty factual in the sense that the regions identity as vancouver stated with the settlement gastown
No one calls the downtown eastside DTES ... no one. Thats just not a real thing away from City Hall. And a lot of people who live in that rather large geographic community would argue about it being generalized as 'squalor'. Yes, the homeless / drug populations is large in population when compared to other cities, , but they are very centralized into a pretty small area. And the entire way you discussed the safe injection site drips with the obviousness that not only do you not approve, but don't really know anything about it at all. Its not just heroin and the staff dont 'assist people to inject' ... thats not exactly how it works and everyone knows that ... but you are giving the impression that medical professionals are actually holding needles and injecting. Thats just inaccurate. These days, its far more about pills ... Fentanyl ... and keeping people alive by testing it before they take it. Beyond that, much of the Eastside and even parts of the downtown eastside are cultural hubs with very vibrant and well regarded centers of culture and community focused life, but your angle is as if the entire region is a slum. Thats also just inaccurate. I dont even live there or in Vancouver at all ... and I know that.
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Great vid here! :)
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An American who has a cousin who lives in Vancouver, I liked the video. I found it very interesting.
great video!
Not really a fan of how you say its a problem that there's traffic. Should be focused on our transit. And its history did not start with Gastown it started with the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. It's "drug problem" is byproduct of colonialism Mayoral neglect.
true that the regions history started with the aboriginal people but he's is pretty factual in the sense that the regions identity as vancouver stated with the settlement gastown
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Fraser. Not Frazier.
No one calls the downtown eastside DTES ... no one. Thats just not a real thing away from City Hall.
And a lot of people who live in that rather large geographic community would argue about it being generalized as 'squalor'. Yes, the homeless / drug populations is large in population when compared to other cities, , but they are very centralized into a pretty small area. And the entire way you discussed the safe injection site drips with the obviousness that not only do you not approve, but don't really know anything about it at all. Its not just heroin and the staff dont 'assist people to inject' ... thats not exactly how it works and everyone knows that ... but you are giving the impression that medical professionals are actually holding needles and injecting. Thats just inaccurate.
These days, its far more about pills ... Fentanyl ... and keeping people alive by testing it before they take it.
Beyond that, much of the Eastside and even parts of the downtown eastside are cultural hubs with very vibrant and well regarded centers of culture and community focused life, but your angle is as if the entire region is a slum. Thats also just inaccurate.
I dont even live there or in Vancouver at all ... and I know that.