Does Vancouver have a soul?
Here’s yet another ranking of cities. This one ranks the green and the livability. God that word is so abused. But hey, you know, if the criteria used or the means for how the data was obtained is not readily findable on the website in about 30 seconds, then I find it difficult to take a ranking seriously. The fact that the ‘piece’ was written by a PhD does not lend it sufficient credibility in my book. Ya still have actually state your sources.
Not that I have any issue with Vancouver showing up as 24th. I’m not personally invested in this. In fact if it were up to me, using my measuring stick, our pretty city might even be slotted lower than that. So what criteria would I apply? Well, my definition of livability is a little different. And since nobody’s bothered to actually define it, or worse, ‘livability’ is used to justify some pretty bad development trends, say for example, every new downtown project is the identical typology - and by the way, that trend can not even be questioned. You know why? Because it’s livable, that’s why. Cookie cutter condos, livable duh. Now shut up. There’s diversity for you. So I figure I’m pretty much free to make my own livability rules. And for me the only criteria worth evaluating is if a town has a soul. Yes, soul. And guts. And pride.