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Toronto-Age |OT4| Molested by a Burger Priest
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KnightHart
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Oh god that looks so fucking good.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
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I should get a commission outta this...
Eh, back to watching the tank and playing Pillars of Eternity. MY MONK BE WRECKIN SHIT UP!
I should get a commission outta this...
Eh, back to watching the tank and playing Pillars of Eternity. MY MONK BE WRECKIN SHIT UP!
I'm fine with my jp cheesecakes from hong kong island bakery for now. Patiently waiting for the hipsters who have nothing to do but line up for food dissapear from old man tetsu before I bother.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
LOL
FINALLY, soultron gets a PS4!
Apparently, you could still use the FS GCs at BB though.
Go home, you're drunk!
BigJonsson
Member
You could always use FS gift cards at BB's website and vice versa
Went to the Woodbine beach again yesterday
This was one month ago:
Arctic, not Arctic by simulatron, on Flickr
And a month later:
One Day Closer To Summer by simulatron, on Flickr
#teamwarm is coming back slowly!
This was one month ago:
Arctic, not Arctic by simulatron, on FlickrAnd a month later:
One Day Closer To Summer by simulatron, on Flickr#teamwarm is coming back slowly!
You Are Viewtiful
Member
Nature is finally taking its sweatpants (winter) off. It will be beautiful again *_*
York U reached a tentative deal with the union, and it's actually a very good deal
UofT better watch out for poaching.
York U reached a tentative deal with the union, and it's actually a very good deal
UofT better watch out for poaching.Wonder if they will sell decent stuff
http://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2015/03/game_of_thrones_pop_up_shop_coming_to_toronto/
http://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2015/03/game_of_thrones_pop_up_shop_coming_to_toronto/
Sounds like it's just the stuff they sell on the HBO site.
KnightHart
Member
God I just want a good excuse to get the BBQ out. Apparently it's 13 degrees on Thursday according to the Weather Network? Chance of rain, but fuck it we could use the rain as well I guess
I might check it out.
grumble stupid show overtaking the books after this season grumble
crimzonflame
Member
Guys, I know this has been discussed to death but I need answers. Best poutine in Toronto? Smoke's? Poutini's?
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
My guess is it'll be crappy yet still sell out.
I was with you until the rain part...
Drunk from....? Catnip?
The whites just want to keep burying us.
You Are Viewtiful
Member
Yellow sun for me. Yellow ftw!
It was spitting earlier. It's sunny now with some dark, ominous clouds.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Impossible. *I* saw AlphaTwo00 today, evening commute.
I think Anony actually saw Kuro.
And Kuro just saw Quadratic instead.
Just sayin.
asians
What you didn't get the pamphlet that talks about how all the generic asians that go there have to rotate through them all depending on the day of the week?
should count how many are in Pmall
As long as Chatime remains it's all that matters to me.
My 2nd go to is Formocha. I guess it spreads out the people wanting bubble tea. That stretch of Yonge St. is a mess of condos. Haven't been in the neighbourhood long enough to tell how busy it gets. Of course there weren't any lines at Chatime when it was -30C in February.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Come to Leslieville and marvel at all our coffee shops.
Dundas and Carlaw
Blackout
Some Yoga Cafe place
Mad Dog Cafe
Tango
Some Actor Cafe place (artist's play or something)
3 Starbucks
2 Tim Hortons
Mercury
Bobette and Belle
Purple Penguin Coffee
First Break Coffee
Te Aro
Brickyard grounds
Flying Pony
Sideshow Cafe
Riverdale Perk
Hola Cafe
Cannonball
Darkhorse
Mountainview coffee
The remarkable bean (opened last month)
This is without me naming ones on the Danforth. Those are all within 30-40 min walk of my place.
How Hong Kong's subway turns a $2 billion annual profit
Of course the main difference is proper government support; if there was political will to have a decent transit system, instead of conservatives/car lovers undercutting at every turn, it could be done
It makes sense; retail and home owner values greatly increase whenever decent publicly funded transit options are built nearby but that profit usually only goes to privately owned development and landlord companies. I wonder how much the TTC get from all those little kiosks beside the turnstiles...CNN said:
Of course the main difference is proper government support; if there was political will to have a decent transit system, instead of conservatives/car lovers undercutting at every turn, it could be done
that and the fact that the HK metro absolutely decimates the TTC in every facet.
A good funding model helps with that. TTC ain't got that.
https://www.google.ca/maps
Pacman mode on Google Maps.
I guess it'll be like that Pixels movie coming out with Pacman roaming on Toronto streets
Pacman mode on Google Maps.
I guess it'll be like that Pixels movie coming out with Pacman roaming on Toronto streets
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I'm of the belief funding won't help shit at this point.
Part of the reason is due to the tight spaces in HK and Tokyo which pretty much demands people use the transit if they want to get anywhere on time since all those cars will result in more traffic jams.
The other part of the reason is that North Americans love their cars. It represents freedom and being grown up to certain people.
Another piece is the union. I simply do not trust them not to demand a bigger piece of the pie in place of structural and service upgrades.
The final piece I would argue is the political climate. Fuck our politicians. They should get this shit out of politics and let people who know about mass and urban transit make the decisions instead of politicizing it and having a goddamn subway for little reason (Sheppard line and this POS Scarbourgh line)
You Are Viewtiful
Member
It probably has at least something to do with HK having 7 million people, and Toronto+Mississauga (similar area size) having 3 million people
Tokyo has a 33 million population in its urban area. All of Canada has 35 million people.
Toronto will always lose out to Asian megacities, we probably need to compare ourselves to Chicago or Madrid, or maybe another city of similar size which experienced its main growth in the post-war era.
By compare I mean emulate. Toronto's transit is still woeful no matter its history. But there probably isn't much for a small city like Toronto to learn from a massive city like Tokyo.
You can compare the system to Tokyo just based on how well it's run, the automation of the system, how clean it is and things like that. What you can't do is ask why we don't have a dozen subway lines at every major station.
Just because we're smaller than the major Asian cities, doesn't mean we have to be a complete shithole for transit. As can be seen in Europe (as YAV notes ^), you can have 'smaller' cities and still have good systems.
And on the topic of funding, yeah, we are screwed because of our lack of it. But like Kuro points out, there's a good chance that even if the TTC had it, they would just piss it away. I'd rather see what they actually do with funding, but it needs to be accompanied by a change in attitude as well. They had to be dragged kicking and screaming when it came to stop announcements on buses, PRESTO, making stations accessible, etc.
Just because we're smaller than the major Asian cities, doesn't mean we have to be a complete shithole for transit. As can be seen in Europe (as YAV notes ^), you can have 'smaller' cities and still have good systems.
And on the topic of funding, yeah, we are screwed because of our lack of it. But like Kuro points out, there's a good chance that even if the TTC had it, they would just piss it away. I'd rather see what they actually do with funding, but it needs to be accompanied by a change in attitude as well. They had to be dragged kicking and screaming when it came to stop announcements on buses, PRESTO, making stations accessible, etc.
You Are Viewtiful
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On the topic of comparisons to small European cities, am I weird for not wanting too much transit or high density? xD I think Toronto should aim to emulate cities like Amsterdam or Copenhagen; medium-density and biking/walking focused cities. Transit focused cities such as London or Paris scare me away. They usually have very high noise and air pollution.
Being to London and Amsterdam, I can summarize the transit situation as follows.
London, very noisy and air pollution worse than Toronto. Bumper-to-bumper traffic despite modern transit system.. The transit was very modern but I personally didn't enjoy being on it, it was very crowded and unpleasant to be on. If I were a Londoner, you'd find me in the suburbs.
Amsterdam, very peaceful and beautiful. Streets are naturally pleasant places to be. Not much traffic, almost everyone is a biker or pedestrian. Not sure about the transit system (they definitely have more subway than us though) as I mostly took taxis or walked. Very clean air and there's a respect for tranquility.
I know some people are drawn to big and loud cities, but everyone has an expiry date on that. When you're older or have children (or you're not used to living in big cities), you start to be repulsed by what it has to offer >_>
Or I might be becoming a NIMBY. I'll see myself out.
*this is not an endorsment of Toronto's shit transit. We could still definitely improve.
Being to London and Amsterdam, I can summarize the transit situation as follows.
London, very noisy and air pollution worse than Toronto. Bumper-to-bumper traffic despite modern transit system.. The transit was very modern but I personally didn't enjoy being on it, it was very crowded and unpleasant to be on. If I were a Londoner, you'd find me in the suburbs.
Amsterdam, very peaceful and beautiful. Streets are naturally pleasant places to be. Not much traffic, almost everyone is a biker or pedestrian. Not sure about the transit system (they definitely have more subway than us though) as I mostly took taxis or walked. Very clean air and there's a respect for tranquility.
I know some people are drawn to big and loud cities, but everyone has an expiry date on that. When you're older or have children (or you're not used to living in big cities), you start to be repulsed by what it has to offer >_>
Or I might be becoming a NIMBY. I'll see myself out.
*this is not an endorsment of Toronto's shit transit. We could still definitely improve.