Not much "low-end housing" around here, thats for sure. And most folks do indeed take great pride in the area. Have a look at www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/fade/fade.htm for some interesting "then/now" photos. Unfortunately, there are none of our great Airport.... Liam. YVR. > ...Liam, > > From out last visit to YVR last Spring, I don't think > there is any "low-end housing" there.....It is > incredible how well-kept and beautiful the Vancouver > area is....Granted we saw small pockets of > trashy-dumpy places, but not on the scale of say ATL > or many. many other cities in the USA. > > Wish more of us in the USA had more pride in where we > live! > > Bryant Petitt > Cumming, GA > Where we have some fantastic upscale developments, and > we have some dumps too! > --- Liam Tully <lrtully@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Narita and Mirabel come to mind as examples of > > "NIMBY'S" in action - interesting how they have > > both evolved. Come to think of it, there are a few > > here in YVR - I think it took about 20 years or so > > to get the North runway up and running, but it was > > worth the wait - except for last thursday, when 08L > > was fogged in and 08R was almost clear - that > > was "fun" to watch and listen to at the midday rush! > > I think I counted 23 lined up for dep. at one > > point... > > Like EWR on a slow day....except these were BIG. > > > > Liam. > > YVR. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bryant Petitt" <skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 8:28 AM > > Subject: Re: Concorde Farewell > > > > > > > ...There are a lot of upscale neighborhoods around > > > Smyrna/Dobbins where the NIMBY's would raise hell > > if > > > any additional traffic were created. > > > > > > Not the same situation 20 or so miles south at > > ATL. > > > There was not much organized opposition as the > > land > > > for the new runway was mixed light > > industrial/office > > > and low-end housing. The people who lived in the > > > affected area were more than happy to get big > > bucks > > > for their property and move elsewhere.... > > > > > > --- Alireza Alivandivafa <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > In a message dated 10/3/2003 12:26:11 PM Pacific > > > > Daylight Time, > > > > lrtully@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > > > > > << I agree - not a fan of "NIMBY'S". >> > > > > > > > > Absolutely. Environmental regs are great, but > > > > airports now, especially major > > > > international airports, have been there long > > before > > > > the people were. The > > > > airports are the reason houses were built there. > > > > Same reason LAX needs to build > > > > the 5th runway and keep the terminals intact, > > while > > > > building more. Also, if > > > > there was an air force base in Smyrna for years, > > > > what the hell is their problem > > > > with an airport with stage 3 and stage 4 > > airliners? > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product > > search > > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com >