Garnet Lollar

He/him. Science Teacher in the TDSB. Volunteer and Member of More Neighbours Toronto. All opinions are my own.

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@RealAlbanianPat The others? For sure.

Doug Ford though? Only in the burbs, GTA. Not the majority of the city

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@JacobAShell @eric_withaQ I know what they're talking about, I'm a high school teacher. Eric's correct.

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@zanyfen I've done this with 20 children. I'm a teacher, they loved going to the museum a short transit away instead of costing a ton for a 2-hr bus ride.

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@Toronto_TODAY5 Who is "many or most"? You and your homeowner book club?

Everyone I talk to is happy being able to walk to their convenience/coffee shop.

The city just made it starting new ones legal on major streets citywide - sounds like "most" won... On my side.

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@zanyfen @the0nlygirl OP's hypothetical is worse than yours. I would choose walkable every time.

The fact that many people regularly do it, though, indicates it's really not that bad. And it has so many other upsides, ppl should really try it and come to their own conclusions rather than write it off

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@zanyfen @the0nlygirl Then you should have some idea that your opposite hypothetical can actually be done too!

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@allRooster @Checc0T @Colemagoo @zanyfen They absolutely do not. Aside from walks around the immediate neighbourhood and maybe some street hockey, they're locked at home and entirely dependent on adult drivers for transportation.

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@zanyfen I would encourage you to think some more. Maybe speak with with many many families living in walkable cities and how their lives actually work out. Some perspectives can seem strange or impossible until you've lived it.

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@PJforTO @Ramsey_Kilani If it replaces taxis/Ubers, that's a huge win IMO. They are notoriously big assholes in traffic.

But it's the transition period that will be painful - everyone will be on the road for the next 5-10 years until the city makes changes.

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@Toronto_TODAY5 @donnelly_b 3) If people don't like how their neighbourhood is changing, they can sell for fantastic real estate values and move elsewhere.

I wouldn't buy the other properties, I would move.

But first I would need to own, which I can't because of the city's historically restrictive bylaws.

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@Toronto_TODAY5 @donnelly_b 1) Gas stations already exist just fine scattered across various neighbourhoods. Show me a NIMBY complaint and I'll show you an exact example that has been in the city for half a century just fine.

2) Env. regulations and basic economics would prevent back to back gas stations.

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@Toronto_TODAY5 @donnelly_b We should keep changing the bylaws

To favour positive change, economic growth, and research-backed QoL improvements rather than fear-based acquiescence to nebulous demands for "privacy" and "neighbourhood character" favouring existing owners whims at the price of those who dont.

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@jamesbrad263 The particular context of individual votes in a party with only single-digit seat counts is not very informative to the party's actual positions.

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Brazilian President Lula:

The end of online betting is already having a positive impact on the economy. Without spending money on gambling, families have increased their consumption.

Online betting destroyed lives and must remain in the past, like a nightmare from which Brazil has finally awakened.

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@Toronto_TODAY5 @donnelly_b If you dont like change happening nearby, easy: buy it. If you dont own it, you dont have a say

"Doesnt like it" is not even close to a valid reason to prevent someone else from using their property

If you live in a city, you ARE signing up to live near commercial. That IS city

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@Toronto_TODAY5 @donnelly_b Most of the places near stores are downtown condos or double my budget. I can't afford that as a teacher with a baby on the way.

Why should a city never change? That is - why should we pretend that it won't when it already is changing dramatically?

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Class sizes are untenable. Special needs programs have been defunded, dissolved, and sprinkled into already over-stretched classes. Things need to change.

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@Ramsey_Kilani Almost liked a hate tweet. Canadian nationalists, lmao