Exactly right. Vancouver was a working class port town known as Terminal City before then. Lots of neon signage everywhere. The politicians literally sold their children's country out from underneath them to the highest bidder Pathetic.. Did I mention we lead the country in crooked politicians?Pretty much right.
The Cantonese started using the investors visa and arrived in trove in preparation for the handover of Hong-Kong in 97.
Then the second wave of Chinese is now from the mainland. They’re the nouveau riche. Very rich. They make the Cantonese look cheap. They buy the houses 2-3 times the price line it’s nothing. They live in a parallel society and don’t mingle much. And, oh , small detail, they launder a shitload of money.
A shitload.
All I’m gonna say... I’m in position where I see it. It’s no myth.
But the bc politicians are just too happy. The money keeps coming in,