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Three Vancouver households explore what home really means to them: space or place?
Vancouver is following in the footsteps of other world-class cities like New York and London where the rise of multi-family homes has become inevitable, and the idea that the single family home is the ultimate real estate goal is quickly being replaced by new dreams and new lives imagined in a diverse range of housing – condos, townhomes and duplexes.We talked to people who chose to buy into the urban lifestyle, choosing place over space.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxG_9sBsv6I&feature=youtu.be
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