Comment 39672

By jason (registered) | Posted April 12, 2010 at 13:15:58

obviously some of the stats are easily adjusted. For example, in my neighbourhood stats always show a huge proportion of seniors. Yet, in reality the neighbourhood is crawling with young families. 3 seniors apartment buildings and 2 old age homes automatically drive up the numbers and show an aged population.

In many cases, these urban neighbourhoods pulling in the 'bad scores' in the spec series aren't attractive places to live for middle and upper class folks. lack of amenities, lack of local shops, one-way freeways, dark streets and less than stellar parks all help to make the grass seem that much greener elsewhere. areas like strathcona, kirkendall and even recently the west harbour/north end and corktown are starting to become places with a mix of residents and income levels. mixed neighbourhoods are the way to go.

Speaking of code, is anyone an expert at reading code? Try using that interactive map online that the Spec has produced. you need a degree in sorting out jumbled numbers.

Mac and The Spec should be applauded for this in depth research, but as mentioned in the above editorial, city councils track record leaves me in side of the skeptics. We'll start more roundtables, have more breakfast meetings, issue more press releases and accomplish very little between now and the next big Spec series.

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