We're getting the Winter Olympics in 2010 (we actually got to vote whether we wanted it or not) so the buzz has already begun. Lots of development at the community level - street beautification, traffic calming devices in neighborhorhoods, traffic routes being established, greening the boulevards, etc. The rapid transit route is hotly disputed as well as the method of tunneling and they want to empty the trans Canada in a neighborhood that doesn't want anymore traffic and the Sea to Sky hiway project has created a lot of controversy.

Will it add the quality of life in Vancouver? I doubt it.

The market value of my house has doubled and taxes have climbed.

I don't want to be here during the Olympics. Does anyone want to rent a two bedroom house for 6-8 weeks? I think I'll go to Mazatlan.