... You're not just screwing the greens (who I have no real sympathy for, don't mistake me), you're screwing everybody living nearer the center of the city--& destroying farmland that cannot be replaced. That is not good for the future.[/QUOTE]
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Because only a tiny percentage of British Columbia is arable land, we have Agricultural Land Reserves to protect farmland. Real estate developers are always trying to weasel land out of the ALR. Much of the ALR is on the Fraser River flood plain/swamp land so it is stupid to build on it, but every few years some developer bribes the right politician to get permits to build housing on flood plains. Any one stupid enough to contemplate buyinghosuing onteh flood plain should ahve to stand neck-deep in a drainage ditch during the spring floods.
The only other exception is religious buildings, so we see obscenely large catherdrals, gurdwaras, temples, etc. built on former ALR flood plain land.
Any one contemplating building on the Fraser River flood plain should read "The Hundred Mile Diet" which explains how few foods are grown within commuting distance of Vancouver.
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Because only a tiny percentage of British Columbia is arable land, we have Agricultural Land Reserves to protect farmland. Real estate developers are always trying to weasel land out of the ALR. Much of the ALR is on the Fraser River flood plain/swamp land so it is stupid to build on it, but every few years some developer bribes the right politician to get permits to build housing on flood plains. Any one stupid enough to contemplate buyinghosuing onteh flood plain should ahve to stand neck-deep in a drainage ditch during the spring floods.
The only other exception is religious buildings, so we see obscenely large catherdrals, gurdwaras, temples, etc. built on former ALR flood plain land.
Any one contemplating building on the Fraser River flood plain should read "The Hundred Mile Diet" which explains how few foods are grown within commuting distance of Vancouver.