Obviously this is typical North American car-centric thinking that hurts basically every city here. But this kind of stuff is really holding Hamilton back and it sucks.
Annnyywaayy back to retweeting something I find funny once every few years.
15th word of the piece gives the whole thing away THROUGH. A downtown core is a place you travel TO, not THROUGH. I live right off Main and people treat it as literal highway. Wonder why there are zero successful businesses that aren't a Tim Hortons on MAIN STREET.
And then there's this bit. "Yeah, I'll concede that fewer people will die and small business might actually stand a chance.... but ME SIT IN TRAFFIC FOR LONGER, THAT BAD!!!!"
I haven't tweeted (yeah I'm still calling it that) in literally YEARS. But a column with this much backwards, outdated thinking will drag me out of retirement.
#OPINION | Brace yourself for Hamilton's looming perma-gridlock
The conversion of Main Street and the removal of lanes for LRT tracks is about to turn the lower city into a parking lot, writes Scott Radley.
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The state of the debate around vaccinating federal inmates is embarrassing. Doug Ford has joined the chorus, arguing that Ottawa is vaccinating inmates instead of long-term care home residents.
This is bullshit. Total, absolute bullshit. Let me break it down:
Read this unbelievable statement from a @FerrisState professor placed on administrative leave Monday.
He touches on everything from his use of the n-word, to the legitimacy of the moon landing.
“The entire world has fallen under the spell of a satanic, globalist elite.”
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