from the front cover of the mighty metro

..and just one more thing. Why do I have to wait so damn long in line for my latte? Can't they find any good help that can afford an $1100 or $1300/month one bedroom apartment?

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<hr>Unfortunately because we seem unable to separate these two groups and deal with each appropriately nothing gets done.<hr></blockquote>

How do you seperate the groups? Who decides who is degenerate or mentally ill, and how do they make the distinction? Finally, once you isolate the "bad apples", how do you deal with them? Do you send off to a camp? Do you throw them in jail?

For what it's worth, I think the way New York dealt with their problem is interesting, although I'm not sure if it would be feasible in a city like Vancouver.

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<hr>200 orgs involved means you now have an industry that depends on the situation not being resolved. <hr></blockquote>

There is certainly truth to that statement. Remember, though, that most of the social work jobs are not very well paying. There is a lot of very compassionate people working down there and I don't think many of them would be sorry to lose their jobs if it was because the problem had been resolved, at least not on the street level- higher up the chain, who knows.

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<hr>Zurich and Geneva are two of the most pathetically boring cities on the face of the earth. How the hell did Vancouver end up in that group?
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I think you answered you're own question there. Toronto may be 15th but it's a hell of alot more fun. Just my opinion of course.

Vancouverites love the affirmation that these reports and others provide.....Toronto used to as well when being 'Word Class' was their be all and end all. Of course, that was 20 years ago. One day, Vancouver will grow up too.

<-Vancouverite that's tired of these polls.
It creates a cycle of pompousness by peope who live here, others who call us on the pompousness while saying it's unjustified, and the need for Vancouverites to defend themselves and their city.
Aren't we done with it already? You can only have the same argument so many times.

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<hr>Toronto used to as well when being 'Word Class' was their be all and...<hr></blockquote>

ah yes - the word on the street. If only YVR could be Word class for more than one day in late September at Library Square