There is 'inside the idyllic little bubble' thinking, ably presented by Mr.  Moonbeam Mayor and others whose hypocrisy meters have long been unplugged, and 'outside the idyllic little bubble' thinking that Mr. Mason regularly demonstrates a competence for.

Yes, there are exceptions to any sweeping generalization about residents of a particular area, but regular visitors to Vancouver and recent residents of Vancouver will have absolutely no problem whatsoever identifying with the stereotyping invoked by the columnist. 

Vancouver exists as the western terminus of a national economy of which resource extract is a primary component.  Piles of sulphur, coal, lumber and grain elevators line the coastal areas around town, none of which would float away but for the availability of petroleum products, yet Moonbeam and the delusionists want to poke the enabling industry in the eye.  They need to grow up.