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09-16-2009, 08:08 PM
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#26 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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I live in Richmond and i am brutally saying "this city is fucked up!"
I am in between 2 roads that barely any cars go by and the road is smooth as fuck yet out of nowhere they decided it needs to be "fixed". Almost all of Richmond's main roads are filled with construction. Its bad enough dumbass drivers swarm here but to add construction to make roads messed up is just beyond fucked! I was told by numerous ppl that Richmond is "fixing" all these roads even though they dont need to be fixed because they are trying to spend their budget. Apparently they have a huge surplus this year and are trying to find ways to spend it or they will not be given the same budget next year. I dont know if this is entirely true but i am seriously choked about the traffic!
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09-16-2009, 08:25 PM
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#27 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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^^ the budget thing is most likely true.
at my last job it was the exact same thing. my boss would buy the dumbest shit just so he could expense it.. it was a slower year so he had to make sure the expenses were just as high or he wouldn't get as much next year...
that is the problem with our government... they don't make it easy..
The Part that doesn't get me is this... ok, so by some miracle you eff up on the calculation.. FINE. accept it.. fix it....NOPE.. they pave the lines... they level off the road, they ADD soil.... then they add bushes and trees...
now at what point did they not notice they messed up on the diameter of the lane?
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09-16-2009, 08:25 PM
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#28 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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oh, and why the hell does richmond have a WHITE mayor?
I have nothing against white people.. but you would think that one chinese guy running would win?
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09-16-2009, 08:38 PM
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#29 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by mx703  oh, and why the hell does richmond have a WHITE mayor?
I have nothing against white people.. but you would think that one chinese guy running would win? | well, the Chinese one doesnt get the good reps from asians cause he has been caught cheating .. something in the news like 3 years ago.
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09-16-2009, 08:49 PM
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#30 | | Get Money, Get Paid
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Richmond dirvers are horrible. I witness stupidity on a daily basis...slowly rolling thru red lights, left turn signal once the light turns green to pwn everyone behind, turning left without checking to see if pedestrians are crossing and then stopping in the intersection and blocking oncoming traffic to wait for pedestrians crossing the street.
I swear i need lazer beams on my car...zap the dumbasses
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09-16-2009, 08:51 PM
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#31 | | Female Driven
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i always go on minoru if i wanna go to RC
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09-16-2009, 09:09 PM
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#32 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by mx703 oh, and why the hell does richmond have a WHITE mayor?
I have nothing against white people.. but you would think that one chinese guy running would win? | Chinese people aren't as united as you think, they tend to backstab each other more than other races for personal benefits.
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09-16-2009, 09:25 PM
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#33 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by mx703 oh, and why the hell does richmond have a WHITE mayor?
I have nothing against white people.. but you would think that one chinese guy running would win? | Pretty fucked up to vote because of race. See black folks and Obama vs the rest of white america.
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09-16-2009, 09:37 PM
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#34 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Did anyone else notice that railway between blundell and francis was repaved 2 times within a month? in june?
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09-16-2009, 09:48 PM
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#35 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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No.3 is not a road, its a playground for C-Lais thinking they can drive
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09-16-2009, 09:51 PM
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#36 | | RS Operative (G)
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yeah number 3 is fucked 4 life
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09-16-2009, 10:18 PM
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#37 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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4rd between westminster up 2 around williams is the shittiest fuckin road ever, i dno why they repaved the opposite side of 4rd (Westminster to alderbridge) that road was perfectly fine to begin with ! and since where on the topic of shitty drivers i was driving on the knight st bridge today and it was backed the fuck up around 7 pm and on the opposite side ther was a fuckin 5 car pileup i turn onto marine and drive up just before argyle another fuckin 2 cars smashed and like 20 ft away another 2 cars had collided ! 3 separate accidents in a 1 km radius, and emergency crew cudnt get through cuz the traffic was fuckkkt! talk about brutal drivers
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09-16-2009, 10:19 PM
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#38 | | Fanboy
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i just drove on number 3 rd today and it was bumpy as hell
id hate to imagine what it was like before
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09-16-2009, 10:25 PM
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#39 | | JDMEK9Mod | DogWhisperer
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Originally Posted by navi187 4rd between westminster up 2 around williams is the shittiest fuckin road ever, i dno why they repaved the opposite side of 4rd (Westminster to alderbridge) that road was perfectly fine to begin with ! and since where on the topic of shitty drivers i was driving on the knight st bridge today and it was backed the fuck up around 7 pm and on the opposite side ther was a fuckin 5 car pileup i turn onto marine and drive up just before argyle another fuckin 2 cars smashed and like 20 ft away another 2 cars had collided ! 3 separate accidents in a 1 km radius, and emergency crew cudnt get through cuz the traffic was fuckkkt! talk about brutal drivers | talk about brutal engrish 
back on topic, i wonder if this road will ever be normal.
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09-16-2009, 10:39 PM
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#40 | | Media Officer / MOD
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have you guys notice coming out most of the driveways of no.3's shops there's a two stage curb before no.3 road?
ex, North of Lansdown that mall there with that sushi place my car scarped like no tomorrow just to go back on no.3 road
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09-16-2009, 11:56 PM
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#41 | | 2 Wheel'd Mod
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^Yeah I have actually. Does that curb have a purpose? Or did they think no.3 wasn't bumpy enough as it already is?
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09-17-2009, 12:01 AM
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#42 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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They decided to repave Francis, which was completely fine before, yet number 4 road is still our own little roller coaster...
and that 1 1/2 lane occurs at more than one spot.
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09-17-2009, 12:09 AM
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#43 | | JDMEK9Mod | DogWhisperer
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as i mentioned in another thread, they're simply paving all roads leading to/near the olympic oval. its just to boost the city's image to tourists while they drive/commute around here.
they obviously don't give a shit about no.4 road because it hasn't been fixed for years. the very most they've done in the last few years is to scrape down some of the "hills" and patch up parts here and there.
as for no.3 road, it's been long planned that there would be a designated bike lane and city "beautification" with trees and benches and whatnot. not a huge surprise there.
btw, i love your avatar. kristen kreuk.. mmmmmmmm love it.
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09-17-2009, 07:34 AM
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#44 | | hoppity HOP HOP
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Originally Posted by invader i just drove on number 3 rd today and it was bumpy as hell
id hate to imagine what it was like before | It was much better before the 98B started.... like before 2001. And also before the second influx of immigrants and before the city approved 10+ condo towers in the city centre.
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09-17-2009, 09:55 AM
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#45 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by aznboi128 have you guys notice coming out most of the driveways of no.3's shops there's a two stage curb before no.3 road?
ex, North of Lansdown that mall there with that sushi place my car scarped like no tomorrow just to go back on no.3 road | Yea, thats the RAISED bike lane they put in beside the MASSIVE sidewalk. WHY they didnt' just section off part of the sidewalk for bike use is beyond me.
The 1.5lane thing confuses teh f out of me. Its not like they're re-aligning the other side, to make up for it either.  | |
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09-17-2009, 12:21 PM
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#46 | | Media Officer / MOD
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was driving in Richmond this morning got cut-off by couple of guys because of the 1.5 lanes and not only that bottomed out twice going to aberdeen.... FML
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09-17-2009, 02:40 PM
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#47 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by aznboi128 have you guys notice coming out most of the driveways of no.3's shops there's a two stage curb before no.3 road?
ex, North of Lansdown that mall there with that sushi place my car scarped like no tomorrow just to go back on no.3 road | Yes, the 2 stage crub is so stupid, I can't get into anything directly from no.3 road because of that, unless I want to scrape.
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09-17-2009, 02:56 PM
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I live in Richmond and I agree with all this Richmond hate
The skytrain has fucked traffic and lanes up even more
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09-17-2009, 04:05 PM
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#49 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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Garden City > No.3
I always avoid No.3. Even before the Canada Line construction started.
There's just too many destinations on No.3, so cars are slowing down, turning left, turning right, etc.
Garden City's just basically farm land on one side, so it's not so bad.
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09-17-2009, 10:01 PM
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#50 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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Any pics of the 1.5 lane??
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