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  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing

"Canadians Are Leaving In Record Numbers, Most Are Prime-Aged Workers" https://betterdwelling.com/canadians-are-leaving-in-record-numbers-most-are-prime-aged-workers/
  Kodra24 Urban Issues 577 335,315 01-22-2026, 11:00 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed

bravado Wrote: (01-22-2026, 05:27 PM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (01-22-2026, 12:59 AM) -- You should be ashamed of yourself for advocating illicit drug use, that is reprehensible -- The fact that you can'...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 5,973 4,720,728 01-22-2026, 10:56 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed

bravado Wrote: (01-21-2026, 11:55 PM) -- prisecaru0 Wrote: (01-21-2026, 11:16 AM) -- Very simple but its "inhumane", round them up like dogs and put them in rehab or jail for camping illegally and k...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 5,973 4,720,728 01-22-2026, 12:59 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed

ac3r Wrote: (05-16-2025, 04:25 PM) -- I'm not really comparing Kitchener to Berlin, I'm just saying that downtown Kitchener doesn't really feel like a place most want to be because it just has a very...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 5,973 4,720,728 01-18-2026, 08:19 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

Headline is "25% of Canadian millennials say they will probably buy a home in 2026: survey" But the most interesting statement is below: "Gen Zs (typically defined as born between the mid-to-lat...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 5,973 4,720,728 01-18-2026, 08:12 PM
  Thread: Bus Megathread
Post: RE: Bus Megathread

Although I love Elon I just cannot see myself in a Tesla, or any other EV for that matter
  Kodra24 Transportation and Infrastructure 36 6,893 01-07-2026, 07:42 AM
  Thread: World politics
Post: World politics

bravado Wrote: (12-22-2025, 10:45 AM) -- I think that if we want nice, reliable public services, they have to be financially sustainable. You should have to pay ~something~ to use a nice and reliable...
  Kodra24 Politics 12 746 12-29-2025, 10:01 AM
  Thread: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | proposed
Post: RE: 864-872 King St W | 55, 44, 38, 16 fl | propos...

Rainrider22 Wrote: (12-06-2025, 02:48 PM) -- Man...enough credit doesn't go to those  riggers for what they do.  Some operator out there is looking at his new office for the next year and a half. -- ...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 92 19,748 12-06-2025, 03:34 PM
  Thread: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability
Post: RE: Housing shortfall, costs and affordability

kzurell Wrote: (11-13-2025, 03:04 PM) -- creative Wrote: (11-13-2025, 01:58 PM) -- I’ve read your post several times and I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. -- Fair enough. Bu...
  Kodra24 Urban Issues 243 62,164 11-14-2025, 02:56 PM
  Thread: Population and Housing
Post: RE: Population and Housing

Liberal boomer Karens always gonna complain
  Kodra24 Urban Issues 577 335,315 10-27-2025, 01:02 PM
  Thread: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Post: RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

Perhaps municipalities are scared that if they start charging for parking it would reduce traffic as many drivers won't want to pay and will look for cheaper alternatives As creative mentioned conv...
  Kodra24 Transportation and Infrastructure 17,649 12,513,172 10-23-2025, 03:22 PM
  Thread: GO Transit
Post: RE: GO Transit

https://railway-news.com/ontario-government-and-cn-rail-to-purchase-new-land-for-kitchener-go-tracks/ Ontario Government to purchase new land for Kitchener GO tracks
  Kodra24 Transportation and Infrastructure 2,176 1,438,487 10-20-2025, 02:48 PM
  Thread: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Benton/Church project | 40 fl | Proposed

bravado Wrote: (10-19-2025, 03:24 PM) -- Momo26 Wrote: (10-19-2025, 11:48 AM) -- Do we *need* another massive condo building? I think we must rethink it...at least the dog crate condo. Should...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 76 21,988 10-20-2025, 10:31 AM
  Thread: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)
Post: RE: The Metz (Schneiders site redevelopment)

Thanks for your updates, do you live near this site? If so, is it quite loud during the day? Appreciate the pics!
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 723 434,812 10-16-2025, 10:13 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

Momo26 Wrote: (10-15-2025, 06:57 AM) -- plam Wrote: (10-05-2025, 04:49 PM) -- It's also NZ. "Rates" (municipal taxes) have been going up in the past few years and some people are mad about that, but...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 5,973 4,720,728 10-15-2025, 11:16 AM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion

Acitta Wrote: (10-10-2025, 11:26 AM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (10-10-2025, 11:16 AM) -- https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/new-pbo-report-underscores-need-serious-fiscal-reform-ottawa The budget...
  Kodra24 Politics 643 271,362 10-10-2025, 11:33 AM
  Thread: General Politics Discussion
Post: RE: General Politics Discussion

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/new-pbo-report-underscores-need-serious-fiscal-reform-ottawa The budget is having a difficult time balancing itself it seems
  Kodra24 Politics 643 271,362 10-10-2025, 11:16 AM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

Momo26 Wrote: (10-03-2025, 08:02 AM) -- I need to see a proper breakdown of where our tax dollars go. Property tax has been going nowhere other than up up up (like that Demon Hunters song without the...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 5,973 4,720,728 10-03-2025, 08:51 AM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero

bravado Wrote: (09-26-2025, 04:41 PM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (09-25-2025, 04:49 PM) -- Ford banning speed cameras next month, thank you Doug! I got a ticket in August as I was passing through a school...
  Kodra24 Transportation and Infrastructure 644 265,554 09-26-2025, 08:20 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero

danbrotherston Wrote: (09-26-2025, 04:56 PM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (09-26-2025, 02:58 PM) -- FYI school is out in August And dropping F bombs, both you and Acitta, is amusing -- Yes, because in aug...
  Kodra24 Transportation and Infrastructure 644 265,554 09-26-2025, 05:01 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero

danbrotherston Wrote: (09-25-2025, 06:32 PM) -- Kodra24 Wrote: (09-25-2025, 04:49 PM) -- Ford banning speed cameras next month, thank you Doug! I got a ticket in August as I was passing through a...
  Kodra24 Transportation and Infrastructure 644 265,554 09-26-2025, 02:58 PM
  Thread: Road design, safety and Vision Zero
Post: RE: Road design, safety and Vision Zero

Ford banning speed cameras next month, thank you Doug! I got a ticket in August as I was passing through a school zone doing 42 in a 30 - had no idea a camera was there as I'm rarely in that area -...
  Kodra24 Transportation and Infrastructure 644 265,554 09-25-2025, 04:49 PM
  Thread: 22 Weber Street West | 15 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 22 Weber Street West | 15 fl | Proposed

Veering slightly off topic but what is the cheapest a builder can build a condo unit these days? (per sqft) - and what is it worth on today's market? Trying to better understand the pricing gap
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 93 24,932 09-24-2025, 08:33 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

Rainrider22 Wrote: (09-23-2025, 11:25 AM) -- Merge Kitchener and Waterloo, name it Kitchener.  The region remains Waterloo Region.  You have name brand for the whole region, and name brand for Kitche...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 1,346 1,218,279 09-23-2025, 12:21 PM
  Thread: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours

MidTowner Wrote: (09-18-2025, 07:13 PM) -- timc Wrote: (09-18-2025, 09:35 AM) -- Oh, you are so correct. I forgot that the border runs down the middle of that street. -- Might as well be the Rio G...
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 1,346 1,218,279 09-19-2025, 12:18 PM
  Thread: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours
Post: RE: General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

What a sobering report but not at all surprising
  Kodra24 Urban Areas 5,973 4,720,728 09-15-2025, 10:20 AM

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