The author obviously hasn't been to Vancouver when she makes a statement like, "what few residential towers there are"!....what on earth is she talking about?  The city of Vancouver (not to mention Burnaby) has more residential high rises per capita than any other city in North America! (source Emporis) She goes on to say many of them are not occupied which of course is ridiculous to anyone who lives here. The downtown peninsula of Vancouver which is barely 2 sq miles in size has a population of over 100,000 people and is expected to double in the next 30 years. It is one of the few cities in North America where the streets are full of people even during the evening when offices have closed. Not sure where she gets her facts from other than perhaps some left leaning professor at UBC who probably lives in Maple Ridge! Please G&M, stop hiring people to write nonsense articles about subjects they're clearly not familiar with!  Note to readers: google Vancouver Skyline and you be the judge