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Kind of amazing. In my head this is basically saying "we can't protect people in parts of downtown Vancouver and rather than change that, it may just be easier to abandon the area.

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[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Shocking that things have gotten this bad.

We need to work towards a society where people are less desperate.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think it's worth noting the dynamics here. It's a lawyer's group that was requesting this and the premier said there were no plans to change the location. We can't truly know, but in my head, my kneejerk response was to get the feeling the lawyers also didn't want to be in a neighbourhood that reminds them of the existence of poor people (outside of those they work with, of course, who are usually trying to dress up).

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure some lawyers would like to be away from the poor but at least one lawyer was hospitalized after being assaulted leaving the court.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh noes. Perhaps we should move the entire downtown to Langley

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your response to someone being hospitalized for going to work is "Oh noes" ? That's pretty gross.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's pretty gross lawyers apparently think they're special as opposed to the rest of the plebs downtown.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, say someone were hospitalized after being attacked for being gay and the gay community asked the city to step up and increase community safety, would you also think it's pretty gross the lgbtq community thought they were special as opposed to the rest of the plebs?

[–] dangerous50 4 points 2 years ago

I wonder how the businesses around there are doing. If the area is getting worse, those restaurants and shops probably need to move out which makes the area even more abandon.