There was one thing I did mean to put in the previous effort. Vancouver is beautiful but I have the distinct feeling that this culture, beauty and visuals hide a mass of social problems. Did you know that the Vancouver hospital is one of the world's major AIDS?HIV research hospitals? Beggars continually bombard you with demands for money and help. There was a boy with his dog, asleep on the pavement near a pillar........ how did that boy feed the dog? Was he one of those professional beggars who brings out his dog sdo that tourists will feel sorry for him? And what if he wasn't? I find it difficult to hand out money to someone who begs...... I did give to this amazing musician tho'. The others stand with signs saying "HIV and starving", or they just hold out a cap and won't look you in the eye......
So what goes on in a city like this? Maybe they should be like New York and hide its problems or like Sydney and Melbourne.
That is enough conscience awareness for one day!
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