The Emerging Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference drew Microsoft heavyweights Bill Gates, its founder, and Satya Nadella, its CEO, to Vancouver, but neither had much specific to say about the host city.
What would Vancouver’s role be when Seattle seldom thinks twice about its supposed northern twin and Vancouver’s ties to its southern cousin are not much stronger? Will high speed rail links and driverless car lanes be enough (assuming we build them) to bind us together as an economic force?
Meanwhile, mobile or manufactured homes are among the most affordable kinds of housing available, and yet while housing costs in B.C. have skyrocketed, manufactured home popularity has declined, especially among Millennials. Some blame the bad reputation on Trailer Park Boys.
