Message from @Beemann

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2018-10-17 19:33:06 UTC  

Ok. Interesting

2018-10-17 19:33:12 UTC  

They're considering putting in "light rail" for Surrey/Langley/etc

2018-10-17 19:33:32 UTC  

Surrey has like 2 stops on the whole line and they're next to each other

2018-10-17 19:33:50 UTC  

In a gentrified area that used to be sketchy AF

2018-10-17 19:34:00 UTC  

They were talking about designing a railroad that ran from East Orlando to Tampa but the city raised objections because Disney was going to be funding it and the city wouldn't be making any money off of it. It would be a net loss

2018-10-17 19:34:22 UTC  

Public transportation is an interesting problem. More stops mean more time to travel. Its difficult to get it just right.

2018-10-17 19:35:21 UTC  

Well the issue is that if you live in Guildford, Langley, etc, you basically gotta drive if you work in Vancouver/Burnaby/Coquitlam
Which means everyone has to live in the already saturated areas

2018-10-17 19:35:29 UTC  

Or near enough to them that they can bus in

2018-10-17 19:36:06 UTC  

They're trying to put apartments in out in White Rock where there's literally only two roads connecting it to the rest of the Lower Mainland and they already have bad traffic

2018-10-17 19:37:31 UTC  

That’s interesting. City planning seems very difficult to me. Im a civil engineer (work in wastewater treatment). It’s fascinating to see how things develop over time.

2018-10-17 19:39:31 UTC  

Yeah it's just quite stratified here. If Lauren didn't have way more interesting stuff to talk about, she'd still basically have free content talking about how weird the GVRD is

2018-10-17 19:40:16 UTC  

She's from out this way, and her earlier vids were about going to school here and such

2018-10-17 19:40:35 UTC  

Gvrd? The public transportation system?

2018-10-17 19:41:25 UTC  

Greater Vancouver Regional District

2018-10-17 19:41:30 UTC  

Just the general area

2018-10-17 19:41:55 UTC  

Oh. Ok.

2018-10-17 19:42:02 UTC  

I live in Alabama.

2018-10-17 19:42:27 UTC  

It’s nice and not super crowded.

2018-10-17 19:42:51 UTC  

Yeah we're getting spillage out into the countryside, which is pissing off people who live out there

2018-10-17 19:43:31 UTC  

Tale as old as time. A bunch of ritzy city elitists want to expand and crush the poor land owners.

2018-10-17 19:43:39 UTC  

Kelowna used to be quiet, now they have mentally ill homeless people, more crime, housing costs shot up
Lillooet wants all the hipsters gone

2018-10-17 19:44:37 UTC  

Well, I’m sure that everyone is a little pissed that urban sprawl happens.

2018-10-17 19:45:29 UTC  

The biggest case to be concerned about overpopulation is dealing with the big city brats wanting to spread about

2018-10-17 19:45:37 UTC  

It's extra fucked though because like, Lillooet is about a 4 hour drive from Vancouver and previously had much less in the way of "conveniences". It's hard enough getting support for Surrey

2018-10-17 19:46:05 UTC  

So like how long til all these other places are "full" and have the same issues, but little/no support

2018-10-17 19:46:32 UTC  

Usually a generation or 2

2018-10-17 19:46:34 UTC  

Hell, Chilliwack just gets Vancouver's smog every year. Blows into the valley lol

2018-10-17 19:49:16 UTC  

It’s car smog though.

2018-10-17 19:49:41 UTC  

They need to figure out super dense urban living

2018-10-17 19:50:19 UTC  

It's from a bunch of stuff now, including our seasonal forest fires

2018-10-17 19:50:39 UTC  

I think super dense urban living will just drive people nuts

2018-10-17 19:50:43 UTC  

Oh. Ok.

2018-10-17 19:51:17 UTC  

Better than us dealing with California's overwhelming smug

2018-10-17 19:52:09 UTC  

Lol

2018-10-17 22:12:21 UTC  

What you guys mentioned a little while ago about Disney offering to build light rail and costing the city money reminds me of how several years ago Jerry Jones convinced the idiot voters in Arlington, Texas to pay for the new Cowboys stadium.

2018-10-17 22:19:37 UTC  

Yeah. It’s easy to get caught up in scams with some ‘public’ projects.

2018-10-17 22:25:43 UTC  

Why there should be less of them

2018-10-17 22:36:30 UTC  

> Trump supporter attacked by George Lopez

2018-10-17 22:36:38 UTC  

> media blames Trump supporter

2018-10-17 22:36:44 UTC  

> media victim-blaming

2018-10-17 22:36:49 UTC  

> ??????????