I took the car in for scheduled service today, and while it was in the shop for about three hours, I wandered up Willingdon to the “Amazing” Brentwood here in Burnaby, BC. Had not yet been in the redeveloped mall.
Yes, it’s impressive in some ways.
But overall I found the ramble along kilometers of concrete sidewalks amid the ever-increasing density of massive new towers diminishing and depressing.
Yes, I know. People need places to live and to work. But the pyramid scheme of “endless” growth on a finite planet is increasingly troubling.
I’ve lived in New York City. I’ve lived in Tokyo. I’ve spent time in Hong Kong. . .
Perhaps I’m sounding NIMBY-ish on a city-wide scale. Perhaps for younger generations oceans of concrete and asphalt are “home.”
But give me lush forests, give me healthy creeks and lakes teeming with life other than human. . . We still have that in Burnaby. But it’s increasingly being hemmed in by walls of glass and steel.
I was happy to see American Goldfinches, House Finches, and Anna’s Hummingbirds on my morning walk in Byrne Creek Ravine Park and Taylor Park in Burnaby, BC.
I was a few minutes from home on a rainy morning walk in Byrne Creek Ravine Park in SE Burnaby, BC, when two Great Blue Herons soared overhead and landed in trees in the ravine.
Though I was not carrying a DSLR, I had my ever-present Canon SX730HS pocket camera with me.
I love living in a suburban area with lots of green space and trails out the back gate. A balm for the soul, not to mention the exercise while enjoying nature!
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