Subsidized and forced growth of the economy and human population by state and city governments has a long history of failing.
Penticton is becoming a good example of what this manipulation can do. What will make this city attractive to people, including those who live here now, is enhancing and stabilizing services (infrastructure maintenance and upgrading, security/policing, low cost public access to and control of lakeshore, improved bus service, clean and safe streets and so on), protecting and expanding parks and green space, guaranteeing clean and adequate water supply and a fair and equal tax and benefit distribution system.