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		baybal2 on Nov 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vancouver plans to tax empty properties 1% of thei... When I was living there in 2014, I made a guess that 1/3 of Coal Harbor appartments were unoccupied or unsold by counting dark windows. My guesstimates were not far from what the city hall counted in 2015. B.T.W. I'm no longer living in Vancouver

elchief on Nov 10, 2016 [–]

Ya if you stand at Georgia and Denman on a clear evening, say 9 PM, 3/4 of the West End will have lights on, and 1/4 of Coal Harbour will. It's a ghost town.

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