Vancouver will suffer economic repercussions because employers and employees don't want to settle somewhere that takes hours of sitting in traffic each day to get to work verse Beaverton were you can jump the max. Young talented people want to live in Portland cause its hip and walk-able. Think how great the new water front could be with light rail access, the whole downtown could be revitalized bringing more jobs and tax income, I doubt a new highway bridge could have the same effect.