Comments on: Top Five Unsexy Things About Yaletown http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2008/07/31/top-five-unsexy-things-about-yaletown/ The personal web site of Brendon J. Wilson, a software developer, technologist, and entrepreneur living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:11:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Gibbons http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2008/07/31/top-five-unsexy-things-about-yaletown/comment-page-1/#comment-183560 Daniel Gibbons Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:52:05 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/?p=421#comment-183560 Yaletown is so profoundly lame. In many respects it's like everything that's wrong with Vancouver concentrated in a few blocks: absence of culture, dreadful architecture, unthinking consumerism, and so on. I was staying in Edinburgh's New Town last weekend (by "new" they mean street after street of beautifully preserved Georgian architecture). Returning to Vancouver, this city seems so completely lacking in any kind of authenticity or real sense of identity. Yaletown is so profoundly lame. In many respects it’s like everything that’s wrong with Vancouver concentrated in a few blocks: absence of culture, dreadful architecture, unthinking consumerism, and so on.

I was staying in Edinburgh’s New Town last weekend (by “new” they mean street after street of beautifully preserved Georgian architecture). Returning to Vancouver, this city seems so completely lacking in any kind of authenticity or real sense of identity.

]]> By: Brendon J. Wilson http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2008/07/31/top-five-unsexy-things-about-yaletown/comment-page-1/#comment-182353 Brendon J. Wilson Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:49:52 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/?p=421#comment-182353 Oh, I totally forgot: Yaletown's embodiment of Vancouver's "livability" myth, a myth that stands in stark contrast to the reality of living in a 600 to 900 square foot apartment. Yeah, because families are totally about living in one or two bedrooms with their elbows embedded in their ears. Oh, I totally forgot: Yaletown’s embodiment of Vancouver’s “livability” myth, a myth that stands in stark contrast to the reality of living in a 600 to 900 square foot apartment. Yeah, because families are totally about living in one or two bedrooms with their elbows embedded in their ears.

]]> By: Ashley http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2008/07/31/top-five-unsexy-things-about-yaletown/comment-page-1/#comment-182337 Ashley Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:15:46 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/?p=421#comment-182337 Sirens at all hours. Early morning gun shots. Mufflers designed to be loud. Poo and pee in the elevator. So many kids that the schools can't handle them. Sirens at all hours. Early morning gun shots. Mufflers designed to be loud. Poo and pee in the elevator. So many kids that the schools can’t handle them.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2008/07/31/top-five-unsexy-things-about-yaletown/comment-page-1/#comment-182312 Jordan Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:38:49 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/?p=421#comment-182312 Let me correct myself- it was based on how they rate their potential dates in their neighborhood. Still, the neighborhood bias skewing the results is a factor. Let me correct myself- it was based on how they rate their potential dates in their neighborhood. Still, the neighborhood bias skewing the results is a factor.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2008/07/31/top-five-unsexy-things-about-yaletown/comment-page-1/#comment-182310 Jordan Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:34:26 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/?p=421#comment-182310 What's funny is that this survey -which has gotten WAY too much attention- (somewhere some PR hack is rubbing his hands together) was based on residents of those neighborhoods and cities own image of themselves. That the residents of Yaletown gave themselves the highest ratings should come as no surprise. After all, they have James Bond for a hairdresser. What’s funny is that this survey -which has gotten WAY too much attention- (somewhere some PR hack is rubbing his hands together) was based on residents of those neighborhoods and cities own image of themselves. That the residents of Yaletown gave themselves the highest ratings should come as no surprise.

After all, they have James Bond for a hairdresser.

]]> By: James http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2008/07/31/top-five-unsexy-things-about-yaletown/comment-page-1/#comment-182273 James Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:59:59 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/?p=421#comment-182273 Is pretentiousness the same as wankerness? The Tragically Hip gets better and better as a band name the more time you spend in Yaletown. Is pretentiousness the same as wankerness?

The Tragically Hip gets better and better as a band name the more time you spend in Yaletown.

]]> By: Greg http://www.brendonwilson.com/blog/2008/07/31/top-five-unsexy-things-about-yaletown/comment-page-1/#comment-182261 Greg Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:26:02 +0000 http://www.brendonwilson.com/?p=421#comment-182261 Ha, you beat me to making such a post. I reckon that their "results" mean that Yaletowners are the loneliest, and most likely to hole up in their towers browsing dating sites. Ha, you beat me to making such a post.

I reckon that their “results” mean that Yaletowners are the loneliest, and most likely to hole up in their towers browsing dating sites.

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