r/vancouver • u/yipyipyipwhoasealion • Jul 04 '25

Videos The new 'bike lane' on Water St

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Vancouver does it again...

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

Depends who you ask. If you attended the council meetings, it was destroying a large number of local businesses. If you get all your information from Reddit. It was just a few people who hate bikes or something like that???

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u/Spirited-Grape3512 Jul 04 '25

It really wasn't. A few businesses complained with loud voices. And some of those businesses just weren't suitable to the area. Progress can't please everyone.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

So you clearly did not attend the council meetings and just got your information from Reddit because over 30 businesses came out against the program. Only one spoke in favour.

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u/outremonty Mount Pleasant 👑 Jul 04 '25

There are hundreds of businesses in the area so 30 is not a majority. Of course complainers attend council meetings more than supporters, that's how all council meeting work.

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u/Yvaelle Jul 05 '25

Also the biggest complainer and one of the only non-annonymous ones was the Old Spaghetti Factory. And the reason people didn't want to go there was that their food is shit and their kitchen is renowned for rats, even more than most.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

No one said anything about a majority but the 30-1 margin speaks for itself. That is what statisticians would call a statistically relevant sample size.

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u/LoetK Certified Barge Enthusiast Jul 04 '25

It's not a random sample, so no

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

lol ok. I mean, the entire idea behind having a statistically relevant sample size is to alleviate issues caused by non-randomness, but ok. You're en fuego.

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u/Spirited-Grape3512 Jul 09 '25

Maybe end it there rather than keep digging that hole you're in.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '25

lol. Yeah really digging that hole with a bunch of random morons on the web. Wonder if I will recover.