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Vancouver Needs More Housing

Russil Wvong

Vancouver's biggest challenge is that housing is so scarce and expensive, making us poorer.

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Image of the day: 2BR asking rents across Canada

Deny Sullivan comments:

What concepts help explain these rent differences?
- Is Halifax much more financialized than Edmonton?
- Are Calgary salaries lower than Vancouver?
- Is Montreal less of a "world class city" than Ot...

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San Francisco’s Mission Laundromat

The Wash Club laundromat on Mission Street, in 2018

Chris Elmendorf on Twitter:

Observed on my afternoon run: construction is underway at the site of the Mission District's "Tillman laundromat."

The owner was a crank who said he'd...

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Andrew Burleson’s kids on Vancouver vs. Mexico City

Mexico City

A very interesting post on Vancouver vs. Mexico City, with lots of photos: My kids like Mexico City more than Vancouver. Andrew Burleson, Free Range City, August 2026.

There were two key differences. One is that Mexico City ha...

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Building a laneway house in 2024-2025

What’s it like to actually build a laneway house? u/vancouveriteskie built one recently in Kensington - Cedar Cottage, and wrote it up for r/askvan.

Laneway house cost:

We built a 939 sq ft, 1 bed, 2 bath laneway house in East Van. Sign...

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Populism focuses on what’s in front of you

Halina Bennet has a useful roundup of theoretical understandings of NIMBYism:

  • The classic academic analysis of NIMBY sentiment dates back to Dartmouth economist William Fischel’s “homevoter hypothesis,” which posits that anti-develop...
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