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All you guys complaining about Vancouver should give Toronto a spin sometime.
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Yeah but Toronto is expected, it's miserable everyone knows it's miserable and hates it. Nothing is good, everything is terrible.
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Jan 10, 2016 22:49
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Yeah, we have higher expectations for Vancouver, no one thinks Toronto is anything but a pile of poo poo
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Jan 10, 2016 22:51
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I think Toronto is OK.
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Jan 10, 2016 23:01
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Toronto is awful, it's just that everywhere else in Canada is worse, and jealous about it to boot.
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Jan 10, 2016 23:10
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Toronto is fine if you live on a relatively good transit line and don't have to deal with rush hour. Otherwise, you spend so much time commuting that you only see the inside of your tiny expensive place.
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Jan 10, 2016 23:14
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Kafka Esq. posted:Toronto is fine if you live on a relatively good transit line and don't have to deal with rush hour. Otherwise, you spend so much time commuting that you only see the inside of your tiny expensive place. I worked at Spadina and Adelaide and lived at Queen and Church and my commute was like 20-25 minutes in the winter. I commute from a whole other city to downtown Vancouver now and my commute is 15 minutes.
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Jan 10, 2016 23:43
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Toronto is a wonderful city full of events you don't ever go to because getting there is a nightmare and the crowds once inside are just as bad. Also LOL at how wonderful it was living on the subway. I was waiting 3 or 4 trains on the University line for one that had space for passengers and my day ended at 530 not 430 like most people.
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Kafka Esq. posted:Toronto is fine if you live on a relatively good transit line and don't have to deal with rush hour. Yes, Toronto is fine if you live in Toronto, if you live in one of the former suburbs that amalgated in, it's poo poo. And it will continue to be poo poo for as long as you and your neighbors keep electing ridiculous fuckwits to represent you on council. the talent deficit posted:I worked at Spadina and Adelaide and lived at Queen and Church and my commute was like 20-25 minutes in the winter. I commute from a whole other city to downtown Vancouver now and my commute is 15 minutes. Well you could walk that distance in less time, but yeah, that's what we get for having the (former) suburbs control our transit development. Anything that prioritizes transit is a "war on the car". Also, that's a terrible comparison. You can get from Pickering or Oakville to downtown Toronto in 35 minutes. Turns out taking surface routes through the downtown core during rush hour will run across some congestion you won't hit on a regional commuter line. infernal machines fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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Jan 10, 2016 23:49
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I lived in Toronto for years and liked it but I always lived downtown close to transit lines.
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Jan 11, 2016 00:05
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Kafka Esq. posted:Toronto is fine if you live on a relatively good transit line and don't have to deal with rush hour. Otherwise, you spend so much time commuting that you only see the inside of your tiny expensive place. So that's why I think Toronto is OK.
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infernal machines posted:Yes, Toronto is fine if you live in Toronto, if you live in one of the former suburbs that amalgated in, it's poo poo. And it will continue to be poo poo for as long as you and your neighbors keep electing ridiculous fuckwits to represent you on council.
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Jan 11, 2016 02:40
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I just drive downtown. Leave my car in that the garage on Church and Front street where I pay a $6 flat rate and I enjoy everything Toronto has to offer. I do confirm that major events and concerts are loving bitch. When I saw Above and Beyond last winter at the direct energy centre the coat check was a clusterfuck. I haven't had to ride the subway in a while but I remember being crammed into trains like a sardine back in 06. Now I imagine you have to wait for multiple trains to pass by before you find one with space in it. Still the really nice thing about Toronto for me is just having a good time with my friends on King West and then just walking to his condo on Ft York Blvd and having a nice little after party. There's tons of eye candy to admire and plenty of opportunities for late night food as well. I dunno I used to hate on Toronto pretty bad but these days I've gotten used to the disadvantages and I really like it. I'd say it's gotten a lot better than it used to be. I just can't stand that anything of value has massive lineups and crowds that kinda choke you out of any real fun. Did any of you check out the Christmas market in distillery? loving ridiculous. There were so many people it's hard to really imagine how you can have an enjoyable date when you're just being pushed around by the crowds.
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So, uh, the country kinda just snapped in half because it got too cold in Nipigon. I wonder how much trucking normally goes through there? http://www.tbnewswatch.com/News/379810/Newly_constructed_Nipigon_Bridge_splits_in_cold_
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Entropic posted:So, uh, the country kinda just snapped in half because it got too cold in Nipigon. I wonder how much trucking normally goes through there? Friggin' brook trout Edit: Sunny ways indeed, at least this guy knows how to vacation properly. quote:Trudeau and family spent 10 days at the Paradise Beach Resort in Nevis, a completely different landscape than his native Canada around this time of year. Postess with the Mostest fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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Jan 11, 2016 03:11
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Dude makes a lot of money, as he's a prime minister and all, why shouldn't he spend it on nice vacations? D'ya expect him to take the Sunwing with the 8-hour unplanned connection to Punta Cana?
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Jan 11, 2016 04:10
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Entropic posted:So, uh, the country kinda just snapped in half because it got too cold in Nipigon. I wonder how much trucking normally goes through there? This is pretty funny, considering for me it's like an hour away from where I grew up. If the forestry industry were still going strong, like, a dozen or more communities would probably be in a panic. Probably a not-insignificant amount of impact in the short-term if they can't get it fixed quickly. Some of the small towns and reserves nearby are going to be inconvenienced for sure by not being able to get to Thunder Bay. I imagine this is why Greenstone already declared a state of emergency. They had to tell people all the way in Sault Ste. Marie to not head West, just in case they hadn't heard that they wouldn't be able to make it to Thunder Bay AegisP fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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Jan 11, 2016 05:16
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Entropic posted:So, uh, the country kinda just snapped in half because it got too cold in Nipigon. I wonder how much trucking normally goes through there? Spend money on infrastructure, idiots infernal machines posted:Toronto is awful, it's just that everywhere else in Canada is worse, and jealous about it to boot. Envious. Jealousy is another thing.
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Jan 11, 2016 05:45
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The bridge to the reserve has been hosed for what, almost 3 years now? Watch how quick this gets fixed, and for how long the James Street bridge will continue to not get fixed for afterwards. Or don't, watch out for the stupid drivers and/or pedestrians, and stop goddamn mowing people down. Seriously what the gently caress is going on in that town now? It was bad when I left in 2008 but the poo poo that has been coming up on my facebook via my friends in the last 3 years has been astounding. Someone held up the Mac's I worked at before I left with a snow brush this winter, and that basically summed up where the town is at right now.
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Jan 11, 2016 05:51
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Sooooo that 20bn infrastructure funding core policy plank is a drat good thing right?
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bunnyofdoom posted:Sooooo that 20bn infrastructure funding core policy plank is a drat good thing right? no, because it's just a way to funnel money to friends of the party so that they can build overpriced bridges that break
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Liberal backed PPP's: once again proving to be inept highway robbery that fails to match the construction quality from loving 1937. Seriously, you're trying to tell me that in TYOOL 2016 we can't build a bridge that lasts longer than a year without crippling issues, despite a construction budget roughly 20 times that of the bridge we're replacing? loving hell.
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Jan 11, 2016 06:08
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bunnyofdoom posted:Sooooo that 20bn infrastructure funding core policy plank is a drat good thing right? Once Christy Clark declared her intentions of using that policy plank to build a 10 lane bridge to nowhere instead of a subway down Broadway, I decided the money would be better spent by other provinces.
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Jan 11, 2016 06:10
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don't worry this liberal party is better than the other liberal parties (who am i kidding i still voted for them, yay paucity of choice)
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So basically the LPC according to you shouldn't have said anything at all about infrastructure funding?
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bunnyofdoom posted:So basically the LPC according to you shouldn't have said anything at all about infrastructure funding? No. It just doesn't at all matter what is said. e: im just mad about politics today because I had to listen to someone blaming mike harris for the state of ontario jails. loving almost two decades of power and the OLP still have people stumping for them and blaming harris for all of ontario's woes.
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Brannock posted:Envious. In other news, Libs prepare to lib harder than ever, with the help of new superstar team member Bill Blair
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Jan 11, 2016 06:53
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it's not enough that weed gets legalized right you gotta make sure that the government ensures that there's a massive supply to meet your needs otherwise this effort will be an exercise in failure
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Envy is a deadly sin for a reason, jealousy isn't It doesn't matter if trash peasants redefine what jealousy is
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PT6A posted:Dude makes a lot of money, as he's a prime minister and all, why shouldn't he spend it on nice vacations? D'ya expect him to take the Sunwing with the 8-hour unplanned connection to Punta Cana? I wasn't being ironic, that is a drat nice vacation and it's great that he's going it in style. I think the CEO of Canada should definitely live an opulent lifestyle to show regular middle class canadians what is possible if they work two to three times as hard as anyone else, this was one of the things Harper always failed at. I'm looking forward to the uptick in GDP growth. bunnyofdoom posted:Sooooo that 20bn infrastructure funding core policy plank is a drat good thing right? Yes, we desperately need $20 billion over 10 years in federal infrastructure money to fix all the lovely things the Ontario Liberals build with $134 billion over 10 years in infrastructure spending. Maybe Trudeau could use some of that $20bn to buy us back our electricity infrastructure? quote:Ontario has reached a significant milestone in the construction of the province's first cable-stayed bridge, located at the Nipigon River crossing on Highway 11/17.
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They only spent $140 million on it? Well, there's the problem right there. If they'd spent $1 Billion like the BC Liberals do on bridges, it clearly would have been indestructible by anything short of the sun exploding. Ontario libs need to step up their cronyism and graft game, clearly.
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EvilJoven posted:It's election time in Manitoba! Who is the official Liberal photographer in Manitoba? Did he just instruct the candidates to "put your face directly against the camera please"? 
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Jan 11, 2016 18:22
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Brannock posted:Spend money on infrastructure, idiots They just did. This bridge that broke is new. Someone's losing their job. AegisP posted:This is pretty funny, considering for me it's like an hour away from where I grew up.
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Jan 11, 2016 18:39
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Ikantski posted:I wasn't being ironic, that is a drat nice vacation and it's great that he's going it in style. I think the CEO of Canada should definitely live an opulent lifestyle to show regular middle class canadians what is possible if they work two to three times as hard as anyone else, this was one of the things Harper always failed at. I'm looking forward to the uptick in GDP growth. I can't figure out your angle. Should Trudeau and his family....not be permitted to spend their own salaries to go on vacation? Be forced to spend it in Thunder Bay? Be limited to $100/night? e: also holy gently caress the CBC should disable comments on refugee articles too http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tima-kurdi-says-pepper-pray-attack-doesn-t-reflect-canadians-views-of-refugees-1.3397974
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Entropic posted:They just did. This bridge that broke is new. Someone's losing their job. The way these projects are handled It wont be the one deserving of it I can tell you that much.
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PT6A posted:Dude makes a lot of money, as he's a prime minister and all, why shouldn't he spend it on nice vacations? D'ya expect him to take the Sunwing with the 8-hour unplanned connection to Punta Cana? The Ottawa Citizen ragged on him for not vacationing in Canada. There's no satisfying some people. http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/the-gargoyle-trudeau-reportedly-soaked-up-the-sun-in-caribbean
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bunnyofdoom posted:Sooooo that 20bn infrastructure funding core policy plank is a drat good thing right? What does the promise actually mean other than putting us all on notice that the government will be spending money at some point? Even the way "infrastructure" is being defined is really vague: quote:Advocacy groups seek clarity on Liberal ‘social infrastructure’ pledge I would wait until we actually have details on this spending before you give yourself too many pats on the back -- especially given that your finance minister previously worked at C.D. Howe and your party just handed the marijuana file to Bill loving Blair.
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Pretty sure they handed that to Bill Blair specifically so that it wouldnt come to fruition and you of all people should realize that. 
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I'm not worried that it "won't come to fruition". Rather I'm worried that weed laws and regulation are going to become more restrictive than before because there will now be a powerful corporate lobby with a vested interest in defending their profits.
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