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I always get a good laugh at the "Vancouver doesn't plan for snow" comments.
Like sure, they could certainly buy a few dozen more plow trucks at many millions of dollars, and then have then ongoing annual maintenance and staffing costs, for them to site idle for 360 days a year...
Would you like that reflected in your property taxes?
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I kinda like it the way that it is now ... snowfall = WFH  .
Parents with school age kids might not though ... school cancellation.
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Do you also ride in the snow?
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Originally Posted by noclue fucking singapore is right on the equator and is HOT 24/7 and no change to sunrise/sunset times. I'd go nuts living there. | I fucking LOVE Singapore! 
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Originally Posted by whitev70r Parents with school age kids might not though ... school cancellation. | That’s a nice way of saying I regret my life choices to reproduce.
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes Do you also ride in the snow? | I did once, just for the shitz and giggles. It was a 'polar bear' ride.
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes I fucking LOVE Singapore! | damn are u saying you love wealth disparity
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Originally Posted by whitev70r I did once, just for the shitz and giggles. It was a 'polar bear' ride. | I used to ride in the snow all the time until I moved to Toronto. It's actually better here in the winter and in the snow, save for when there is frozen rain. 
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In YVR, they shovel and clear the bike lanes first ... before the regular roads ... .
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That's right, cager suckers! 
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Originally Posted by Great68 I always get a good laugh at the "Vancouver doesn't plan for snow" comments.
Like sure, they could certainly buy a few dozen more plow trucks at many millions of dollars, and then have then ongoing annual maintenance and staffing costs, for them to site idle for 360 days a year...
Would you like that reflected in your property taxes? | The alternative seems to be having all the crashes reflected in our insurance rates because everyone is too stupid to figure out they should stay home instead of trying to drive on snow with bald all seasons.
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Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS damn are u saying you love wealth disparity
keep the poors porr | Singapore has LESS wealth disparity than HK are you kidding me?
Jesus Christ you take one trip out of the country and get brainrot lmao
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Originally Posted by Great68 I always get a good laugh at the "Vancouver doesn't plan for snow" comments.
Like sure, they could certainly buy a few dozen more plow trucks at many millions of dollars, and then have then ongoing annual maintenance and staffing costs, for them to site idle for 360 days a year...
Would you like that reflected in your property taxes? | Let's not forget that the same people would be complaining that the government is wasting money when it turns out that it doesn't snow as much as expected, or that it doesnt stick, or that it warms up and melts anyway.
Weather forecasting is not perfect, especially in a coastal city that goes from sea level to up the mountains, where the temperature fluctuates around 0 degrees during the winter. Suddenly it's cold enough to ice up in some parts, then suddenly it melts an hour or two later when it's just a hint warmer.
If you pay attention when the forecast starts to dip during the winter, they actually do brine the roads. So they are being pro-active. Going full salt every time is just overkill.
The other thing is that the salt trucks and snow removal crews, even if they're ready to go, have to sit in the same traffic that the rest of us do when shit is fucked. They don't just magically appear in places, they have to still get there.
I think the bigger issue is that most people don't have actual winter tires. Your average person does not know shit about tires. If they see M+S, it's easy to think it's a snow tire, so they think they're safe.
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Top tier metropolis tings https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/su...llege-11331133
It's the fact that they know a shit snow storm is coming but all business are open, heat wave warning, snow fall warning, got that essential service money to make, let's close the bridge, sky train and buses at noon. 
At least in Hong Kong, Japan, third world country peasant town China if there's a storm or bad weather businesses/ schools are closed cuz they know shit is coming and they have the foresight to not put people in danger.
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Oh I also think typhoons are a joke... but not the most recent T10 that shit was kinda cooked.
There was a T8 around the beginning of September.. nothing more than a Vancouver rain storm. Went for a run around the harbour and was disappointed I didn't get blown away. Quote:
Originally Posted by roastpuff Singapore has LESS wealth disparity than HK are you kidding me? | As you can see in the below chart, the GINI index as of 2023 in SG is 70 vs HK at 63. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbo...0Gini%20index. Quote: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
Measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the lower its Gini index. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the higher its Gini index.
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Originally Posted by Tapioca Vancouver will never be a Tier 1 city and that's okay.
We should just cherish the fact that we have natural beauty which has created enough of a demand for an airport with good connections around the world. If you want to experience a world class city, we can fly direct to nearly every one Tier 1 city in the planet.
I honestly wish we had better public transit though.
Re homelessness: There's even homeless in Tokyo, right by the municipal government buildings. | If anything, the population needs to grow for things to change (i.e. Vancouver's economic weight, standing globally, etc.). Projections see Greater Van growing to 4.1M by 2050. Things are already wayy different in Van compared to when I was a kid. I can only imagine what the place will look and feel like when you add another 1M to the population.
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