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Freeway

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Freeway | Thing | What we like to constantly remind ourselves (and others) that we don’t have. There were, of course, numerous attempts to connect Vancouver to Highway 1, including Project 200 and the (in)famous Strathcona plan that destroyed the Hogan’s Alley neighbourhood. Also a prerequisite of Vancouverism.

Usage: “Our city is better than every other city in the world because we don’t have a freeway running through it…”explore-the-lexicon

 

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