I am on 10 ac. Sure I should have tried to buy a few more ac. but there is no way I could afford to buy up the whole east side. At the time I bought my land and built I was told that it would only grow to me say 5 ac lots and would remain rural. Now what is an older retired lady subpost to do??? Moving takes alot of work and effort and not easy as you get older. Just try to find a horse property with fruit trees that produce and less then 1 mill is not going to happen unless you are way way out from everything.
He also took whatever little opportunities he had to promote Canada (his home) over the US. He said Canadian cities are better with finances than US cities. When your entire country has a smaller population than the state of California, it makes a difference. Not exactly an apples to apples comparison.
Still, the math doesn't lie. Pretty sure the same analysis of OKC and its sprawling 600+ square miles would be pretty ugly for such a "fiscally responsible" place.
Sitting at a major intersection yesterday at about 11:45am. Heavy traffic waiting at the lights in every which direction. Except the turn lane. Guess who got the green. We all sat for a long time as no one went through the intersection while the turn light was green.
While he is Canadian, he doesn't live in Canada. He lives somewhere in Europe. Also, population makes a difference in absolute numbers, not in relative numbers. They have a lower population, which means that across their population density is much lower. They have about 1/8 our population density. Considering the whole video was about how density is managed effectively, it seems that you're right, it isn't an apples to apples comparison since Canada would necessarily have a much more difficult density to manage than the US. The fact that they can manage when they are in a much more difficult position is even more striking now. Thanks for making me look that up!
Here is an interesting tidbit of information since you bring up Canada's population and density, 60% of Canadians live south of Seattle. 70% live south of the 49th parallel which is the US/Canadian border from Minnesota to the west.
Our crew was out in Arcadia/Pop's on Saturday night. Made the drive in on 2nd Street/Route 66.
Surprisingly, flowed right through all the stoplights at I-35 and 2nd. So it IS Possible to have efficient traffic flow.
Any progress made however was swiftly stopped, as we hit every single light from Coltrane to Kelly/Edmond Road. Maybe the most frustrating part were the secondary lights at the lesser intersections. While we were waiting on the green to go east/west on 2nd at the main intersections (Bryant, Blvd, Broadway), the lights further down were giving green to east/west, but with no cars, as we were all queued at the preceding intersection. Sure enough, the lights changed to red as we drove up from the previous intersection. This would be the secondary stoplights at Vista Ln, Target/Walmart Market, Bauman/Starbucks, Littler/Sprouts, and Fretz.
Yeah, it's so frustrating to be waiting at a red and see the green just down the road. Then when yours turns green, a few seconds later the next one turns red.
I spoke with someone last week who told me that they were going 70mph through Edmond just to try to make a light after being frustrated at hitting every red light. I have a hunch this happens quite often. Maybe not quite 70mph but enough to be breaking the speed limit by 10 or 15mph. Edmond thinks all the red lights helps to stop speeding but it increases speeding and road rage.
Two new lights going in. temporary wire hanging for now but permanent later when road reconstruction occurs.
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school st and danforth (town square neighborhood and Francis Tuttle entrance)
I'm sure I've complained about this before but I get so frustrated when I'm going the speed limit on Council at 6 AM and lights turn red when there's no one at the cross streets. WHY!!!!!!
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