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RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Acitta - 12-02-2021
I saw this posted to Reddit. Aerial footage of downtown Kitchener by Jonez Dronez.
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Lebronj23 - 12-28-2021
A cool up to date shot of DT, I’v never seen this angle before - not my photo found it on google
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RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - panamaniac - 12-28-2021
That may be one of the best distance shots of the core that I’ve seen, and the first from that angle. The curve of the railway spur makes for an interesting feature.
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - jeffster - 12-28-2021
(12-28-2021, 04:32 PM)Lebronj23 Wrote: A cool up to date shot of DT, I’v never seen this angle before - not my photo found it on google
Cool photo! Great find.
What I find super interesting is the amount of SFD's so close to the downtown. I mean, we always knew they were there, but the angle show how dominate they are in regards to the topography.
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Acitta - 12-28-2021
(12-28-2021, 04:32 PM)Lebronj23 Wrote: A cool up to date shot of DT, I’v never seen this angle before - not my photo found it on google
It is by Tomasz Adamski. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitchener_Skyline_December_2021.jpg
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - dtkvictim - 01-18-2022
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RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - ac3r - 01-18-2022
(12-28-2021, 04:32 PM)Lebronj23 Wrote: A cool up to date shot of DT, I’v never seen this angle before - not my photo found it on google
Lol my first thought upon seeing this was: oh wow look at all the useless century old single family homes wasting space when we could house tens of thousands of people in an efficient and culturally/economically booming downtown core instead. It's certainly inevitable that that is what will happen...but step on the gas please.
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Coke6pk - 01-21-2022
ac3r
Lebronj23 Wrote:A cool up to date shot of DT, I’v never seen this angle before - not my photo found it on google
Lol my first thought upon seeing this was: oh wow look at all the useless century old single family homes wasting space when we could house tens of thousands of people in an efficient and culturally/economically booming downtown core instead. It's certainly inevitable that that is what will happen...but step on the gas please.
While I agree, would we make the same comment here?
Coke
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - neonjoe - 01-21-2022
In the Toronto case a lot of those houses would be considered to be close to missing middle housing. Lots of nice tree lined neighbourhoods with row housing.
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - Acitta - 01-21-2022
(01-21-2022, 11:37 AM)neonjoe Wrote: In the Toronto case a lot of those houses would be considered to be close to missing middle housing. Lots of nice tree lined neighbourhoods with row housing.
A large proportion of those old Victorian houses have been split into multiple units and house quite a few people.
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - tomh009 - 01-21-2022
It's really tall tower or nothing in Toronto, there is very little mid-rise there. Compare this to other cities:
Paris:
Tokyo:
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RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - panamaniac - 01-21-2022
(01-21-2022, 03:01 PM)tomh009 Wrote: It's really tall tower or nothing in Toronto, there is very little mid-rise there. Compare this to other cities:
Paris:
Tokyo:
Economics. As Canadian standards of living decline, our cities may, over time, come to more resemble these.
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - tomh009 - 01-21-2022
(01-21-2022, 05:27 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(01-21-2022, 03:01 PM)tomh009 Wrote: It's really tall tower or nothing in Toronto, there is very little mid-rise there. Compare this to other cities:
Economics. As Canadian standards of living decline, our cities may, over time, come to more resemble these.
I don't think density necessarily correlates with a standard of living. Unless you are assuming that a smaller floorspace automatically equates to lower incomes.
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - panamaniac - 01-21-2022
(01-21-2022, 05:55 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(01-21-2022, 05:27 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Economics. As Canadian standards of living decline, our cities may, over time, come to more resemble these.
I don't think density necessarily correlates with a standard of living. Unless you are assuming that a smaller floorspace automatically equates to lower incomes.
I suspect the correlation is strong, although I've not seen any studies on the subject. A smaller floorspace can be, but is not necessarily, a reflection of lower income. That said, it seems a safe bet to think that someone living in 4,000 sq ft is likely to have a higher income than someone living in 1,000 sq ft, all other things being equal.
RE: Post your pictures of Waterloo Region! - plam - 01-21-2022
(01-21-2022, 06:02 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(01-21-2022, 05:55 PM)tomh009 Wrote: I don't think density necessarily correlates with a standard of living. Unless you are assuming that a smaller floorspace automatically equates to lower incomes.
I suspect the correlation is strong, although I've not seen any studies on the subject. A smaller floorspace can be, but is not necessarily, a reflection of lower income. That said, it seems a safe bet to think that someone living in 4,000 sq ft is likely to have a higher income than someone living in 1,000 sq ft, all other things being equal.
That is how it works in our society, and it's somewhat unfortunate, though it's true that I have more sqft than I know what to do with, really (but previously I had less sqft than I would have liked). Also: cars SUVs.