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05-15-2013, 06:25 PMAn alternative is a free downtown transit system as they have in places like Seattle and Portland. ("Fareless Square"). I'm not sure that would be a...7 replies | 354 view(s) -
05-13-2013, 05:31 PMI find this handwringing about crime from anecdotal observations to be harmful. That's not reliable evidence and you will find what you are looking...74 replies | 6949 view(s)
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05-11-2013, 10:03 PMMEC is probably rather unlikely, as we're surrounded by MECs in Brampton and London now.24 replies | 902 view(s)
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05-11-2013, 04:43 PMI do miss Adventure Guide not being obnoxiously far out in the sticks. That's the kind of sports store that I care about, but it's inconvenient and I...24 replies | 902 view(s)
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05-11-2013, 04:35 PMI usually rarely find that the problem is having not enough food, but usually too much food. I was looking for exactly the opposite at The Works...735 replies | 125355 view(s)
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05-10-2013, 10:21 PMAlmadina is also at the Kitchener market and has a location near the University of Waterloo just off Philip St ("Campus Court Plaza") too. Yes, I...735 replies | 125355 view(s)
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05-04-2013, 04:31 PMHow do you know that there are more than before? Anecdotes aren't data.74 replies | 6949 view(s)
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05-02-2013, 09:01 PMThat's why, in Canada, we have separate treatment and no naming for offenders who are not 18. They don't actually have judgment.74 replies | 6949 view(s)
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04-14-2013, 01:16 AMI think the point in the comments that eizenstreit posted and that you're getting at is that density ought not to be a goal in itself: it's got to be...8 replies | 687 view(s)
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04-12-2013, 04:56 PMHmm. I don't benefit from GRT because I bike to work, and indeed I think my commute would be better if more people biked to work. On the other hand,...762 replies | 97068 view(s)
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04-12-2013, 01:20 PMThat location is closed and they have a container collecting trash frorm it.372 replies | 61940 view(s)
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04-10-2013, 12:02 PMI don't think that there are technical reasons making sound insulation hard. I think a policy response would work quite well.20 replies | 599 view(s)
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04-10-2013, 10:40 AMSomehow insulation is strangely difficult to get right. My townhouse is OK but I'm not sure whether it's because I have good neighbours or because...20 replies | 599 view(s)
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04-06-2013, 12:02 AMYep. I had an appointment in Cambridge last week and passed through Galt. I also think I'll try to bike down there this summer (avoiding Hespeler). I...71 replies | 21847 view(s)
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03-30-2013, 12:21 AMSt. Hubert is a Quebec-based chain which unsuccessfully tried to expand a few years ago. A trip down the 401 will get you to a St. Hubert soon...22 replies | 1020 view(s)
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03-25-2013, 03:51 PMIt may help to use the Google DNS server, 8.8.8.8. https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using18 replies | 585 view(s)
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03-21-2013, 11:35 PMStrangely enough, I've never noticed the Montreal system. I also usually just jaywalk, and certainly did when I lived in Montreal. Sometimes the...30 replies | 1338 view(s)
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03-18-2013, 10:58 AMAs others have said: it shouldn't happen that there's a green light and a no-walk signal. More generally, I think that police should only ticket...30 replies | 1338 view(s)
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03-13-2013, 03:08 PMThat's too easy, how about Noecker Street?29 replies | 980 view(s)
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03-13-2013, 10:50 AMAlso from Montreal and also moved here in 2008, but from Boston (more precisely: Cambridge, MA). I've only lived in Montreal for 1 year in my adult...29 replies | 980 view(s)
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02-24-2013, 12:38 AMplam replied to a thread U/C Waterloo Region Courthouse | 28 m | 7 fl | Completion March 2013 in DowntownsThat's true. But would you want to be working in such a building? Buildings do need to serve present-day needs as well. I suppose it's hard to...310 replies | 59350 view(s)
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02-22-2013, 05:54 PM(Unfortunately Bearskin doesn't give qualifying miles. Not that it's a lot of miles anyway.) That's another thing: I wonder if most people here...119 replies | 10666 view(s)
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02-22-2013, 05:48 PMOf course, why didn't I think of that?!489 replies | 49374 view(s)
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02-22-2013, 03:29 PMYes, it's a factor of demographics as well as social groups I think. My demographic includes quite a few people without drivers' licenses in mid-30s....119 replies | 10666 view(s)
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02-22-2013, 03:16 PMI think we're talking past each other. My post below listed the developers who appealed the Regional Official Plan to the OMB; Activa is one of those...45 replies | 9832 view(s)
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02-22-2013, 12:33 AMYes, segregated cycle tracks are better than bike lanes, which don't really provide that much protection. Also lower speed limits would help. I'm not...489 replies | 49374 view(s)
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02-22-2013, 12:30 AMThe developers were the ones who opposed the plan, as you can see from the ruling. They claimed that the Region miscalculated future demand for...45 replies | 9832 view(s)
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02-21-2013, 11:40 PMNot living in fear of crime helps, since crime rates have objectively been going down everywhere in Canada. More specifically, the neighbourhood...66 replies | 10174 view(s)
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02-21-2013, 11:30 PMThe decision is here: http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/pl110080-Jan-21-2013.pdf There's a group of parties including Activa Holdings Inc,...45 replies | 9832 view(s)
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02-21-2013, 02:59 PMCome to think of it, most of my friends have 1 car per couple, not two. I wonder how much more common that's becoming these days. Not many people...119 replies | 10666 view(s)
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02-16-2013, 10:56 PMWikipedia says that legal tender must be accepted to settle a debt; however, you don't have a debt yet if you are trying to make a transaction. It's...66 replies | 4580 view(s)
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02-11-2013, 09:35 AMYeah. I also saw boxes moving back from the Casablanca space across the street.638 replies | 114761 view(s)
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02-08-2013, 11:30 PMIt shouldn't be: that place (Givral) posted a sign that it was moving away from the core, not towards Louisa. It's too bad, I liked getting the bánh...33 replies | 4636 view(s)
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02-06-2013, 03:23 PMI think we've seen that Wideman is fairly pro-LRT and I don't think that this effort to can LRT will succeed. On a related note, I was on the...2988 replies | 310863 view(s)
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02-05-2013, 07:57 AMI find this initiative, which will result in higher incarceration rates, to be a misallocation of resources, given that crime rates have been...74 replies | 6949 view(s)
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01-31-2013, 02:28 PMQuebec doesn't have that much interurban transit either. There could also be self-driving cars in 20 years. On the other hand, they don't do so...8 replies | 595 view(s)
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01-30-2013, 04:59 PMNot really my thing. There are some decent cliffs to climb nearby. Blue Mountain is pretty disappointing as a place to ski. Not sure about the...8 replies | 595 view(s)
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01-27-2013, 12:31 AMI'm hoping that malls are becoming obsolete. They sort of are. Unfortunately, sometimes they're replaced by power centres, which is even worse. But...36 replies | 4454 view(s)
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01-24-2013, 10:09 PMplam replied to a thread Region of Waterloo International Airport | 120,828 Passengers (2012) in Transportation and InfrastructureIt's possible. But if you're collecting points, sometimes that extra 1 segment and 500 miles helps. You also have to change terminals and the...189 replies | 34949 view(s)
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01-24-2013, 03:05 PMplam replied to a thread Region of Waterloo International Airport | 120,828 Passengers (2012) in Transportation and InfrastructureUnless you're collecting frequent flier points. YKF really has no way to collect Aeroplan status miles (Bearskin gives non-status miles), nor can you...189 replies | 34949 view(s)
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01-19-2013, 10:01 AMKind of sad. Isn't Kitchener discouraging drive-throughs as well? But it kind of goes together with the point that urban people may like chains...24 replies | 2332 view(s)
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01-17-2013, 06:20 PMYou're right. It seems to be doing very well, even on a Wednesday evening in January, which one would think would be quiet.129 replies | 19530 view(s)
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01-07-2013, 12:03 AMWell, I guess I'll just ignore you.119 replies | 10666 view(s)
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01-07-2013, 12:01 AMPretty close to Gourmet Pizza in the mall, eh?735 replies | 125355 view(s)
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01-06-2013, 04:36 PMSounds like a great idea. The relation between transit and development is important. I also wonder about King Street, especially comparing Kitchener...4 replies | 487 view(s)
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01-06-2013, 04:19 PMThis seems unnecessarily inflammatory to me. Also, I get this super anti-development vibe from you. Some of us would rather live in a larger and...119 replies | 10666 view(s)
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12-30-2012, 03:02 PMI agree. I think jaywalking is great. Cars shouldn't actually have primacy on prime Downtown real estate. But, yes, I saw this big pickup truck...129 replies | 19530 view(s)
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12-07-2012, 01:13 AMYes, 425 is a huge class. Engineering classes top out at 156 (like the course I'm teaching next semester). At least upper-year classes don't tend to...16 replies | 2044 view(s)
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12-06-2012, 01:19 AMIt's not nearly the same thing. I was able to take the old Pearson express. It was awesome: it took 15 minutes to get there and ran every 30 minutes....427 replies | 70575 view(s)
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12-05-2012, 11:52 AMGO will actually sell you a ticket to Pearson. (It actually used to be easier to take this route when they ran service from Square One to Pearson)....427 replies | 70575 view(s)
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11-08-2011
- 10:34 AM - plam mentioned BuildingScout in post Belmont Village Condominiums | 33 m | 11 fl... expect increases. BuildingScout: I don't know if reg...
01-28-2012
- 01:12 AM - plam quoted KevinL in post Light Rail TransitBack on Phase 1, the Staff ...
12-29-2011
- 02:25 AM - plam quoted Osiris in post Boxing DayIt's a shame Canada Compute...
12-22-2011
- 07:49 PM - plam quoted garthdanlor in post Region of Waterloo International Airport | 120,828 Passengers (2012)I've used Ryanair (Easyjet and t...
- 11:11 AM - BuildingScout quoted plam in post Region of Waterloo International Airport | 120,828 Passengers (2012)I read that Bearskin is c...
12-17-2011
- 12:53 AM - plam quoted BigCityBoy in post Fusion Homes King/Cameron/Charles/MadisonI'm also willing to bet that it...
12-16-2011
- 03:16 PM - plam quoted YKF in post The Breithaupt Block | 16 m | 4 fl^Well said. A lot of the...
12-15-2011
- 10:19 PM - plam quoted Waterlooer in post The Breithaupt Block | 16 m | 4 flBut RIM's stocks have crashed i...
12-13-2011
- 02:12 PM - plam quoted YKF in post Region of Waterloo International Airport | 120,828 Passengers (2012)This is fantastic news f...
- 12:39 PM - plam quoted tomthip in post Region of Waterloo International Airport | 120,828 Passengers (2012)American customs could be a ...
12-12-2011
- 01:16 PM - plam quoted markster in post Waterloo Region Courthouse | 28 m | 7 fl | Completion March 2013Those incomplete sections of ...
12-09-2011
- 04:46 PM - plam quoted KLM in post Highway 401In the end maybe not pop...
12-08-2011
- 03:06 PM - markster quoted plam in post Highway 401Or take the 407; in my ex...
- 02:32 PM - plam quoted markster in post Highway 401If there were an HOV lane thr...
12-05-2011
- 04:16 PM - plam quoted DKsan in post GO TransitThe Pearson train is also ...
12-04-2011
- 01:43 AM - plam quoted Waterlooer in post Highway 7I totally agree with you. I am ...
11-29-2011
- 09:56 PM - BuildingScout quoted plam in post FedDev OntarioThat amount is underwhelm...
- 08:03 PM - plam quoted UrbanWaterloo in post FedDev OntarioGolden Triangle Angelnet Contribut...
11-26-2011
- 01:23 PM - plam quoted Urbanomicon in post GO TransitI see several things wrong with ...
11-08-2011
- 02:40 PM - plam quoted BuildingScout in post Belmont Village Condominiums | 33 m | 11 flI read about this in the press a w...
- 11:18 AM - BuildingScout quoted plam in post Belmont Village Condominiums | 33 m | 11 fl@BuildingScout : I don't...