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Gentrification of Vancouver
The gentrification of Vancouver, Canada has been the subject of debate between those who wish to promote gentrification and those who do not.
Historically, Vancouver's geographic location has made it the transportation hub connecting Western Canada to the Orient. This enriched the area with raw materials and led to a booming manufacturing industry centered on the Canadian Pacific Railway networks. Numerous warehouses, timber mills, rail yard facilities and wartime industries were constructed in easy-to-access areas like Coal Harbor and False Creek. Working-class neighbourhoods were established in surrounding areas like Kitsilano, Strathcona and Grandview–Woodland. However, since the 1950s, the area has been in decline, caused largely by the growing prominence of freight trucking and new industrial complexes such as Annacis Island being built on relatively cheap suburban land close to the freeways.
==Early gentrification==
Gentrification in Vancouver has occurred differently in many of its districts. Changes in the area of Kitsilano in the 1960s and '70s provide excellent examples of consumption-side gentrification. It was traditionally a working-class residential neighbourhood during Vancouver’s industrial days. As workers moved out, the area's low rent and proximity to downtown, the beach and nearby UBC made it a hotbed for artists and students. It subsequently became the heart of the city’s counterculture movement, giving rise to Greenpeace in 1970. As the area became more artistic and vibrant, innovative young professionals began making improvements to the area's old wood-frame houses. The city came under pressure to halt the expansion of high-rise buildings, which were becoming commonplace across English Bay in what is known as the West End. David Ley argues that this direct action to halt the spread of gentrification actually worsened the effects, as the city down-zoned Kitsilano and homemade improvement loans were easily available. The lower density, tree-lined streets, access to the beach and downtown and relative ease of renovation made the area an attractive place for young professionals, which caused housing demand and prices to increase.〔Ley, David and Dobson, Cory. "Are There Limits to Gentrification? The Contexts of Impeded Gentrification in Vancouver." Urban Stud 2008 45: page 2471. Oct 13, 2008. . Available at http://usj.sagepub.com/content/45/12/2471〕 This cycle of improvement and rising property prices has transformed the area into a trendy strip for the city’s growing class of "yuppies."
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