What's the worst thing in your neigborhood? (not counting us) - Beyond Tiki

VR Velvet Ruby Member Vancouver Joined: Nov 22, 2003 Posts: 117	VR Velvet Ruby Posted posted on Wed, Nov 24, 2004 2:59 AM ohh this topic is the source of frequent heartache between myself and friends.. currently we're living pretty much down by the docks, on the wrong side of the tracks, in the bad side of town, about 2 blocks from the native reservation... our house is a very old apparently former miner's "shack" (2 tiny bedrooms, small living room, huge kitchen etc etc) our neighbours have an identically sized house.. I think it's layed out a bit better.. but there's umm.. about 7 people living there? about 5 kids plus parents.. anyhoo.. perhaps due to the obvious space restrictions they've set up a lean-to in their back yard and have lawn chairs and a tv set up in it.. I think it's their living room.. needless to say we're not planning on spending much time in the back yard until we can add some privacy fencing to the chain link fence that separates our back yards.. there is also a baby stroller perminantly parked in their front lawn, along with all the discarded toys and garbage their kids play with (most of which ususally ends up on our lawn, and leaning against our house (the houses are only about 10-15 feet apart with no fence separating in the front.. my OTHER rager.. is how east vancouver is being torn down and rebuilt into a pink stucco lego box freaking suburb.. it's DISGUSTING how developers can come and buy perfectly beautiful bungalows and 50s RANCHERS and completely DEMOLISH them, splitting the lots and building two idenitcal, HIDEOUS boxes with no yard where one beautiful house and spacious yard once stood.. this includes ripping out enormous trees and 60 years of well maintained landscaping. I'm not going to play the race card with who's consistently doing this, but if you've ever been to vancouver ... nuff said. I have been reduced to tears on more than one occasion walking past lots watching bulldozers raze to the ground houses I used to love looking at.. we snuck into the aforementioned rancher the day before they tore it down and it had the original curved walls and built ins from the 50s, a picture window about 6ft wide looking over downtown vancouver, inlaid hardwood floors, the orginal 50s formica kitchen with copper tiled backsplash.. I salvaged a couple of cupboard door handles.. but the place is gone like it had never existed. to this day I get bummed out when I think about it.

ohh this topic is the source of frequent heartache between myself and friends..

currently we're living pretty much down by the docks, on the wrong side of the tracks, in the bad side of town, about 2 blocks from the native reservation...

our house is a very old apparently former miner's "shack" (2 tiny bedrooms, small living room, huge kitchen etc etc) our neighbours have an identically sized house.. I think it's layed out a bit better.. but there's umm.. about 7 people living there? about 5 kids plus parents.. anyhoo.. perhaps due to the obvious space restrictions they've set up a lean-to in their back yard and have lawn chairs and a tv set up in it.. I think it's their living room.. needless to say we're not planning on spending much time in the back yard until we can add some privacy fencing to the chain link fence that separates our back yards.. there is also a baby stroller perminantly parked in their front lawn, along with all the discarded toys and garbage their kids play with (most of which ususally ends up on our lawn, and leaning against our house (the houses are only about 10-15 feet apart with no fence separating in the front..

my OTHER rager.. is how east vancouver is being torn down and rebuilt into a pink stucco lego box freaking suburb.. it's DISGUSTING how developers can come and buy perfectly beautiful bungalows and 50s RANCHERS and completely DEMOLISH them, splitting the lots and building two idenitcal, HIDEOUS boxes with no yard where one beautiful house and spacious yard once stood.. this includes ripping out enormous trees and 60 years of well maintained landscaping.

I'm not going to play the race card with who's consistently doing this, but if you've ever been to vancouver ... nuff said.
I have been reduced to tears on more than one occasion walking past lots watching bulldozers raze to the ground houses I used to love looking at..

we snuck into the aforementioned rancher the day before they tore it down and it had the original curved walls and built ins from the 50s, a picture window about 6ft wide looking over downtown vancouver, inlaid hardwood floors, the orginal 50s formica kitchen with copper tiled backsplash.. I salvaged a couple of cupboard door handles.. but the place is gone like it had never existed.
to this day I get bummed out when I think about it.

Post #127200 by Velvet Ruby on Wed, Nov 24, 2004 2:59 AM