You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
Vancouver Off-Topic / Current EventsThe off-topic forum for Vancouver, funnies, non-auto centered discussions, WORK SAFE. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. Please refer to sticky thread in this forum.
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?
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.
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.
__________________ 1991 Toyota Celica GTFour RC // 2007 Toyota Rav4 V6 // 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Toyota Celica GT-S ["sold"] \\ 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD [sold] \\ 2000 Jeep Cherokee [sold] \\ 1997 Honda Prelude [sold] \\ 1992 Jeep YJ [sold/crashed] \\ 1987 Mazda RX-7 [sold] \\ 1987 Toyota Celica GT-S [crushed]
Quote:
Originally Posted by maksimizer
half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF.
Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp
reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa
OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
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.
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.
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.
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.
__________________
|| 18 FK8 | R-18692 | Rallye Red | 6 MT ||
|| SOLD 97 E36 M3 Sedan | Arctic Silver | 5MT ||
|| RIP 02 E46 330ci | Schwartz Black II | 5MT | M-Tech II | Black Cube | Shadowline | Stoff Laser/Anthrazit ||
|| RIP 02 E46 M3 | Carbon Black | 6MT ||
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.
Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: North vancouver
Posts: 14,173
Thanked 35,450 Times in 8,554 Posts
Failed 235 Times in 183 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
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.
As you can see in the below chart, the GINI index as of 2023 in SG is 70 vs HK at 63.
^ That's just an app that allows your to visually represent data in creative ways... the company (UBS) that published that data is a massive banking conglomerate based in Switzerland:
UBS manages the largest amount of private wealth in the world, counting approximately half of The World's Billionaires among its clients, with over US$6 trillion in assets (AUM).[9] Based on international deal flow and political influence, the firm is considered one of the "biggest, most powerful financial institutions in the world"
UBS investment bankers and private bankers are known for their strict bank–client confidentiality and culture of banking secrecy.[nb 2] Apart from private banking, UBS provides wealth management, asset management and investment banking services for private, corporate and institutional clients with international service. The bank also maintains numerous underground bank vaults, bunkers and storage facilities for gold bars around the Swiss Alps and internationally.
The company's capital strength, security protocols, and reputation for discretion have yielded a substantial market share in banking and a high level of brand loyalty. Alternatively, it receives routine criticism for facilitating tax noncompliance and off-shore financing. Partly due to its banking secrecy, it has also been at the centre of numerous tax avoidance investigations undertaken by U.S., French, German, Israeli and Belgian authorities.
Inequality getting better in US? By what fucking metric does this graph measure?
Better by 1% comparing 2023 to 2008. I don't think that's statistically important LOL. It's pretty much saying that the USA's income distribution has been pretty stable for 15 years and continuing LOL. Just like our Canadian policing response time metrics from earlier convo, 1995 response time was an acceptable metric, why change it LOL
I'll requote what the GINI coefficient is.
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.
__________________
|| 18 FK8 | R-18692 | Rallye Red | 6 MT ||
|| SOLD 97 E36 M3 Sedan | Arctic Silver | 5MT ||
|| RIP 02 E46 330ci | Schwartz Black II | 5MT | M-Tech II | Black Cube | Shadowline | Stoff Laser/Anthrazit ||
|| RIP 02 E46 M3 | Carbon Black | 6MT ||
Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: North vancouver
Posts: 14,173
Thanked 35,450 Times in 8,554 Posts
Failed 235 Times in 183 Posts
That metric needs a change considering the top half has 98% of all of the wealth in the country. But yeah I guess it’s just always been bad in recent times.
__________________
98 technoviolet M3/2/5
Quote:
Originally Posted by boostfever
Westopher is correct.
Quote:
Originally Posted by fsy82
seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked
Quote:
Originally Posted by punkwax
Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
.
