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Vibrant East Side as nice as West Side

To the editor, Re: "Letter of the week," April 6. I had such a laugh when I read Ms. Kovacs' letter. It reminded me of Pamela Sauder (of the crème de la crème remark) back in 2004 speaking in opposition of an LRT line along the Arbutus Corridor. Ms.

To the editor,

Re: "Letter of the week," April 6.

I had such a laugh when I read Ms. Kovacs' letter. It reminded me of Pamela Sauder (of the crème de la crème remark) back in 2004 speaking in opposition of an LRT line along the Arbutus Corridor.

Ms. Kovacs' heartbreaking story of being forced to move from one West Side bungalow to another because they are constantly being sold to wealthy Chinese investors is a joke. How sad and devastating that her trust fund friends are forced to buy run down homes in less-than-perfect neighbourhoods. Heaven forbid these people have to live in houses without granite countertops and subzero refrigerators.

I'm proud to say I'm raising a family in one of those less-than-perfect neighbourhoods. The last time I looked out my window onto my less than perfect street, in my less than perfect neighbourhood, there weren't any bombs going off or army tanks driving down. What makes Ms. Kovacs think she is too good to live in what she describes is a less-than-perfect neighborhood? What an insult to all the hard-working, decent people of Vancouver who don't live on the West Side!

We are living in a socioeconomic, free-enterprise system that dictates the cost of property, goods and services-in other words, supply and demand. Because Ms. Kovacs and others like her want this particular type of property, it will increase the demand of the product therefore increasing the price.

Ms. Kovacs is fortunate her husband has an excellent job in finance, but I guess it isn't enough. I feel sorry for Ms. Kovacs, spending so much time and energy worrying about living in the right neighbourhood.

Maybe one day she will become open-minded and muster the nerve to cross Main Street and see all the vibrant East Side neighbourhoods.

Perhaps then she'll see that the West Side isn't the only area with nice schools, safe neighbourhoods and family-oriented, hard-working, decent people.

Louise Lee, Vancouver