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Ontario tearing into the greenbelt is a warning to people in cities across the world. If your city doesn’t build at some point higher …
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That's the series for now, but if you're hungry for smart Canadian focused stuff, here's what I've been watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYf-S5yTEk – Uytae did a very funny video on the "sterile waterfront path" problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XiOkI_rmCE – Urbanity moved back to MTL and got into the value aspect of what makes a city great for regular people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3qeYRI34C8 – Reece got into the politics and economics that make our buses worse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4oo_UE8lPY – Shifter with practical advice for starting winter cycling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB5E0bZad4I – JJ does a real public service journo-explainer on Canadian Healthcare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-OO9Sg6kF8 – Downie has been traveling around the world lately, but I really love this video retracing Vancouver history through a streetcar track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV-T0eotrfk – Plateau Astro takes a well known piece of art in Montreal and figures out what day it was drawn.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswsj9TX3Kc – Propos Montreal has a video where I cameo as Mark Twain from Star Trek TNG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieVaq4pIPtU – Capitaine Montreal m'a tenu compagnie ce mois-ci pendant mon "février français". Voici ma vidéo récente préférée.
If you have any recommendations for other people living & making good stuff about Canada, feel free to post it below.
OUT FOR A RIP ARE YA BUD!
Hamilton is a shit hole. Took them 23 years to bring a fucking go station to east Hamilton
Let the greenbelt be.
6:04, hey i live there, yay me i guess
I hate it here
greenbelts are stupid and even environmentalist and "progressive" cities in Europe have abandoned them in favor of alternative schemes that work better for the environment while allow additional building.
Look at what happened in Newfoundland to know how this will end.
Love your content sir
Since I attended meetings for nearby developments, and observed some of the process, I realise how spot on he really is. It's everywhere. BC is full of NIMBYs. There is no new land out here unless it's owned by a developer – in which case, score, rezoned for high density in a transit free area! Everyone else? Single Family Zoning, no Duplex or Triplex or multi-plex.
Geez, I though that Sherbrooke was bad, but at the very least, there has been zoning reforms and the city is definitely getting denser.
I hope you do reupload this in the future with more subs… these amazing videos can't be capped at a few thousand views
So Hamilton is the Brossard of Montreal.
I really wish these new greenbelt developments are walkable urban villages with a mix of housing types and shops centered around a train or bus rapid transit station. Instead they're going to be unwalkable suburbs located off freeway interchanges where everyone has to drive everywhere. At least they can be densified in the future!
We gotta get Paige to 100k subs by the end of the year. This series is too good.
I'm sure the fat slob is getting some kickbacks. I personally think the greenbelt should be gone completely as it is the issue but Doug is a corrupted goofball like the rest of them
“Where’s the density dickheads” is potentially one of the most Paige lines you’ve ever put in a thing haha. Well done as always!
Green belt being ripped out for dense neighbourhoods is good. But if you are going to replace it with single family zoning then it’s horrible
Like climate change, there will NEVER be a plan that everyone agrees on, and maybe the decision will never be made
Perhaps the tory was forced by the ford – and then the ford rolls into mayor's office….
Everything sucks and I hate it
Oh, you're just seeing the tip of the iceberg about just how bad Hamilton planning is… can't get anything good accomplished. And when something great is proposed after years of work, the build date is maybe 15 or more years away, so the plan will be watered down or scrapped in that time frame.
Unfortunately unless politicians stop thinking about appeasing the suburbia people and nimbys at the expense of proper housing and the public good change will be slow and it will continue to affect everyone at the expense of landlords and developers
One of my most durable gripes is that “environmentalists” have absolutely no problem having the houses people need to live built in vast untouched natural (or agricultural) areas far out of their sight, as long as nothing is done to their neighbourhood.
It’s dishonest, because it’s just NIMBYing in a tree costume.
So glad I left Onterrible, such a dump!
I love the spotlight (and criticism) that Hamilton's been getting in these recent videos. There's definitely a paradigm shift happening in the city atm, and also a huge push back from much of a city. I'm excited to see how things shake up but it's an uphill battle for sure.
Damn dude, didn't know you visited The Hammer recently! Thank you so much for contextualizing all the hot mess from the past 6 months in Ontario. We need density ASAP, especially here in Hamilton, but everything moves at a glacial pace. And the by-laws aren't even the only issue – because of the absurd size of the city and the sheer amount of farmland, we have zone rating for property taxes, so that those with wells and septic tanks don't pay for sewers or transit.
If you're still here, to see tons of super low density development, just take a peak along the south side of Rymal Road from Upper Paradise to Upper Centennial, as well as Binbrook and Ancaster.
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