thisorthatorwhatever

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Electric truck.

Countries without auto manufacturers have better public transit.

50% of the Internet is paid trolls, it's not ignorance.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's like a slow slide into civilization oblivion. Everything all at once seems to be getting worse. Housing costs are up, teaching salaries are down, kids aren't learning as fast. Food prices, obesity, falling health standards. Oversized cars, suburban sprawl, lack of investment in public transportation. A.I. constantly giving wrong answers, doubling work.

Should only be allowed to drive a three cylinder engine.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This thread began by talking about Eglinton, get with it.

"Lrt is kinda hot garbage though and had eglington area shutdown for like 15 years"

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

10 million Cuban. I don't think the US knows what it's getting into if that amount of people get destabilized. The whole Caribbean then starts to domino.

He only got 43% of the popular vote. The ridings are too big, at 100,000 people per riding. The ridings should be 30,000 people. That way more people would be engaged, you'd get a few more regional parties that represent their specific interests. I can see a rural party starting in the NW of Ontario, that actual represents them.

I don't understand how the Conservatives hold together. The rural voters should be pissed about the billions he is unnecessarily wasting in Toronto with having the Eglinton LRT West buried for no reason, the billions for gutting Ontario Place, cancelling the Beer Store contract 1 year early, etc...

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Take 1 lane away, and put a subway down the middle of that bad boy.

I think that all new subway stations should have a post office attached to it, and one end of the line terminating at the airport. Load up packages, get them to the correct subway station by train, and people and walk to pick up their mail/delivery.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ironically the Scarborough RT, that is now shut, was exactly the same technology as the train in Vancouver. Except Vancouver paid the have it upgraded, and Toronto shut it down to build a subway extension on orders of Ford. An extension that will take a least another decade, that follows the same route as the Scarborough RT that was already running.

 

Since the 1960s America has taxed light trucks being imported. Because America didn't have to build light trucks to compete internationally they lost the international market on light trucks. Now nobody wants to buy American cars and trucks because they are not as good as what others countries build. So now America has put up high tariffs to make itself even more isolationist, since they can't compete.

 

N. American cars are garbage. Our garbage car economy is garbage.

What about all the other industries?

 

Ridings in Ontario were historically about 5000 people, with very large ridings hitting 8,000, and nothing in the double digits. Today ridings are 100,000 people.

Look at the difference between 1908 and 2022 Ontario general election, in Toronto.

1908 Ontario general election Toronto South - Conservative win with 5,202 votes of 6,965 cast (75% of the vote). 74.69

2022 Ontario general election Toronto Centre - NDP won with 15,285 votes of 34,921 cast (43.77% of the vote).

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