Lazy Day In Vancouver

I hung out at English Bay here for a few hours today. Soooo nice. After, I walked along the sea all the way to BC Place stadium, past all the sailboats and yachts. The condos in that area must cost a fortune. But for a lot of them you would get an almost constant traffic noice from the various bridges in the area. For a million bucks or whatever people pay in there I would like to be able to sit out on my balcony in quiet.
The BC Lions CFL football team are playing tonight at BC Place stadium. I witnessed my first tailgate party this evening outside the stadium. A whole lotta cars and vans lined up with people drinking beers, having barbecues, and tossing around footballs before the game. It looks like a great time.
I accidently ended up in some of the worst areas of Vancouver's east side while making my way back downtown. The neighbourhood called Surrey in Vancouver is worse than East Van in my opinion. In East Van most of them have been so strung out for so long they're like zombies. In Surrey they're just starting. Those lost to addiction still have an edge in Surrey, and the energy to go out and feed their habits. Although I admit to less than pleasant moments today when you see a guy walking towards you with a syringe in his hand. Never know what he might do with it.
That's so Vancouver. In 10 minutes I walked from a yacht club area where I stopped to check out 2 Ferarri's and modified Porsche outside this restaurant to the saddest display of humanity anywhere in Canada.
Eastern Canada has twice the medical and police resources that they have in BC. There are police all over the place in Ottawa, my hometown. If you see the police in Vancouver something is usually up and they're rushing to it. Same with the medical. Not many hospitals in greater Van compared with the East. As the money flows this way that'll probably change.