thisorthatorwhatever

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[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

400 million =400 single family, 4 bedroom, homes. That's a roof for 1600 people.
Probably 3200 people could be housed, if the province decided to get into the condo building game.

Instead we are building a parking garage on a lake, on the most expense land in N. America, beside a GO and subway station, for a private company that has an insane business plan of creating a luxury spa and its crack-pipe dream of 4,000,000 ultra-wealthy visitors a year.

Madness

Such a dumb and badly run country.

Every TTC subway stop should have a post office in it. The TTC should be run 24hrs a day. You should be able to pick up your package at the post office within the TTC subway stop easily.

Post offices within the GTHA really should be walking distance for most people. Go pick your package up somewhere close by, open 24hrs.

Putting post offices in Shoppers Drug Mart isn't too bad, but it would be better if they where in 24hr donought shops.

We need to use community postal boxes more.

We need traffic cameras to automatically ticket couriers that block traffic.

We need to get ride of this 'independent contractor' nonsense. It's a scam.

But for this to happen the Fed/Prov/City and Crown Corps all need to work together...so it'll never happen.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Turn them in community centers.

Rework how how education is done, by mixing programming you'd find in a community center and a regular school.

People complain that education is not currently working, here is your chance to re-envision it. Build large spaces with welding/3dpriners/car repair. Have mixed classes not based on age, with adults and teens.

Musk bought Twitter for $50B, in comparison the price tag for repairing any of these schools seems like half a peanut in cost. There is money.

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

It's one economic unit.

Ancient Greeks had a sophisticated understanding of astronomy, and math. The Antikythera Mechanism is a gadget for demonstrating their knowledge, much like our planetariums and more advanced children's educational toys.

Most of America's suburbs are designed to have a supermarket somewhere on the outside of the zigzagging streets of the residential homes. Golf carts would be perfect, in the vast existing suburbia. Legalize golf carts for slow streets in the burbs, and you'd get a massive reduction in car use. A quick electrification of vehicles.
I like bikes, I get it that many people don't. But at the very least legalize golf carts on slow streets. I feel that the average suburban home wouldn't mind getting a golf cart as a second vehicle. It's a quick way of hopping to the strip mall to get milk, or a morning coffee.

I think there needs to be an effort to advocate for reduced car use, many of the suburbs would be much nicer if people could be allowed to use golf carts on the roads. It would be a step in a better direction, break the obsolete car industry, and bridge to walk-able communities in existing burbs that can't be easily or quickly redeveloped.

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

It's all about protectionism for an obsolete car industry. If we legalized golf carts, and ATVs, most families in the suburbs would buy one of those. They'd use it for groceries, school runs, dentist appointments, and getting coffee down the street. Their main car would sit idle the majority of time, because it's a hassle to drive a large car. It would make living in suburbia someone more tolerable, as you would see your neighbors more in golf carts.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I wish my city would ban the loud sport cars.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The banality of stupidity.

*You consulted no one. You did no research. When peopled pleaded with you to stop, you forged ahead with reckless abandonment. When you plan started to fail, you doubled down. When it was time to clean up the mess you go lazy.

But I thought it would work, I felt it in my gut. It's not my fault, it's your fault.*

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

He also forced some dumb features in the electric car...like the stupid door handles, and lack of buttons.

 

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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