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Some joked in the comments about living in the parking space instead of looking for a condo
But allowing urban planning best practice to evolve and reduce reliance on private auto's in high density areas is a commie conspiracyYour society is broken when people sell parking spots for 200K. Or sell parking spots at all.
If the cost of parking is that high, I suspect the market will take care of part of the problem without taking the risk that a relative handful of planners will make sub-optimal decisions.But allowing urban planning best practice to evolve and reduce reliance on private auto's in high density areas is a commie conspiracy
Your society is broken when people sell parking spots for 200K. Or sell parking spots at all.
I see no issue with that seeing how people still voluntarily live in Toronto and the area. Still tones of space left from Hope, B.C - Barrie, Ont, but please don't tell that to Torontonians, we don't want them infecting the rest of Canada, if they even realize such a place exists.
https://www.torontofirefighters.org/wp-content/uploads/firewatch/Spring2009.pdfI found it interesting that those fire fighters with many years experience with a full-time fire department elsewhere were willing to leave to pursue there ( sic ) “dreams” as they put it and work for Toronto Fire."
But allowing urban planning best practice to evolve and reduce reliance on private auto's in high density areas is a commie conspiracy
I grew up in the suburbs of Vancouver BC with basically no transit service. Through years of riding the SkyTrain, travelling to other cities around the world, and later living in Toronto, I developed a passion for public transport, and an interest in learning more.
When in Toronto, I studied Computer Science at the University of Toronto's St. George campus, which was a fantastic experience that taught me how to learn and how to visualize complex problems. More importantly though, it taught me the limits of what technology can do. By the time I finished my degree, my main focus was on promoting better transit — so that transit could be a real option for more people in my community, and around the world.
I've developed my own perspectives on what makes transit great. Living without a car and relying on public transportation and walking for almost all of my trips, I like to think I can appreciate things from a rider’s perspective.
But allowing urban planning best practice to evolve and reduce reliance on private auto's in high density areas is a commie conspiracy
Lets put the 15 minute city under a dome, and leave them alone for say, five years. I bingo it will quickly descend to Lord of The Flies.The 15 minute city is not a conspiracy, its a thing. Halifax (the peninsula and just off) is trying to be that. I'm not sure where your commie bit comes from or what that has to do with me.
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And none of that was my point. My point is what we put a value on, how much value we assign to what, and what does it say about us ?
Yes. The 15 minute city is a "thing" An urban planning thing. The commie conspiracy bit is when people treat that urban planning thing as a nefarious plot to subdue the population rather than just urban planners shaking off decades of auto lobby to try and do things better.The 15 minute city is not a conspiracy, its a thing. Halifax (the peninsula and just off) is trying to be that. I'm not sure where your commie bit comes from or what that has to do with me.
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And none of that was my point. My point is what we put a value on, how much value we assign to what, and what does it say about us ?
I used to rent my space when I had a condo.Your society is broken when people sell parking spots for 200K. Or sell parking spots at all.
What it says is that we exist in a capitalist society that shaped our mobility infrastructure around private automobiles, and that said parking space value is set by the demand generated by the latter and supply constrained by lack of space in dense areas.
As a rural Ontarian I like getting my shots in at Torontonian's as much as the next guy- but this isn't a stupid Torontonian citizen issue, it's a fundamental failure in decades of planning leading market forces to do their thing.
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I used to rent my space when I had a condo.
I know that in certain high rise condos getting a second spot is an additional cost. 200k seems excessive though. I know one build that had it anywhere from 30 to 50k but that was a few years ago.
Sub-optimal to who? And by what measure?If the cost of parking is that high, I suspect the market will take care of part of the problem without taking the risk that a relative handful of planners will make sub-optimal decisions.
As an aside, that is one of the Talking Points that 15 minuters espouse.Yes. The 15 minute city is a "thing" An urban planning thing. The commie conspiracy bit is when people treat that urban planning thing as a nefarious plot to subdue the population rather than just urban planners shaking off decades of auto lobby to try and do things better.
What it says is that we exist in a capitalist society that shaped our mobility infrastructure around private automobiles, and that said parking space's value is set by the demand generated by the latter and supply constrained by lack of space in densely populatied areas.
As a rural Ontarian I like getting my shots in at Torontonian's as much as the next guy- but this isn't a stupid Torontonian citizen issue, it's a fundamental failure in decades of planning leading market forces to doing their thing.
The 15 minute city is a "thing" An urban planning thing. The commie conspiracy bit is when people treat that urban planning thing as a nefarious plot to subdue the population rather than just urban planners shaking off decades of auto lobby to try and do things better.
What it says is that we exist in a capitalist society that shaped our mobility infrastructure around private automobiles, and that said parking space's value is set by the demand generated by the latter and supply constrained by lack of space in densely populatied areas.
As a rural Ontarian I like getting my shots in at Torontonian's as much as the next guy- but this isn't a stupid Torontonian citizen issue, it's a fundamental failure in decades of planning leading market forces to doing their thing.
Long, long ago, in a galaxy, far, far, away.Some interesting conspiracy theories, for fans of that sort of thing,
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Funny about where people start and end up.
My father, and his father, started their rail - roading careers in Northern Ontario, but, when they had enough seniority, transferred to Toronto, because that was / is where the money is in high-speed passenger rail.
The likelihood that planners can out-guess the mob is always low. The prudent assumption is always that the limited amount of brainpower they can bring to a problem, coupled with their manifest inability to acquire and digest large amounts of information and the absolute certainty that they will be unable to overcome the local knowledge problem, will produce results that fall short of what might be possible.Sub-optimal to who? And by what measure?
Flippantly- then don't. I don't want to live in any city, so I don't.As an aside, that is one of the Talking Points that 15 minuters espouse.
I fervently do not want to live in any 15 minute contrived construct. I am adult enough to make my decisions based on my experience, and have developed the economic means to choose where, and why, I live. Co-existence with mindless followers is not on my bucket list.
With respect, the post you referred to was about a 200k parking spot in Toronto. That's not an issue in London, or Halifax, or Lethbridge. Seems a reasonable inference that the "society" you're condemning is limited to that of the problem area. If that was not the case- my apologies.See, all that I can agree with you on. Perhaps you should try that instead of the snarky side eye posts about commie conspiracy theories.
Also I havent mentioned Toronto once. Greed and out of control capitalism isn't contained to the big smoke in Canada.