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I appreciate how you center Starbucks as the dull face of gentrification

How about the escalators working to make it easier for older persons.

Cities ARE "Gentrification." "Gentrification" IS the process of urban development. They are one in the same.

I was born and raised in Vancouver. You can probably work out the rest for yourself. It was and still is a unique place with many fond memories for me. Nowhere else I've lived has truly felt like home, and I suspect nowhere else will. I still consider myself a Vancouverite even though I haven't lived there in nearly a decade. A part of me hopes to move back someday, but another part is afraid that if I do, I'll find that the Vancouver I knew and loved is gone forever.

I have conflicting views on gentrification. I live in a historical working-class neighbourhood. In the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's, it was a thriving community. But, the deindustrialization of the 1980's and 1990's brought massive unemployment, poverty, crime, prostitution and drugs. To counteract this situation, the city invested in public services and urban development and green-lighting projects to convert old abandoned factories into condo units (some in social housing as well). The lower rents or housing prices were appealing to students, young families and first time home-buyers, displacing low-income residents in the process. Slowly, the community started to change and so were the commercial options. The pawn shops and fast-food joints gave their place to bakeries, cafés and speciality shops. Today, it's still not a wealthy neighbourhood, but it's far from what it used to be when it was one of the poorest neighbourhood in Canada. But, I understand long-time residents who now feel priced out of their neighbourhood by the rent increase and don't recognized themselves in this new community. Doing nothing and keeping the neighbourhood like it was, is not an option, but bettering it will inevitably attract newcomers and drive the price up to the detriment of its historical population. We can improve the access to social housing and off-market housing units, but, for some, any change to its demography is viewed as a bad thing.

Ah Hull, the place where 18 year olds from Ottawa go to drink when they can't drink in Ontario. Or at least that's how the island was viewed by young Anglos from Ottawa.

L'embourgeoisement c'est tellement le faux problème le plus stupide. Ce que t'appelle la "gentrification" c'est simplement que le monde habitant dans le quartier s'enrichit. J'habite dans le même quartier depuis 20 ans mais je suis passé d'un 2 et demi miteux à un condo luxueux parce que mes revenus ont beaucoup augmenté. Et c'est la même chose pour mes voisins. Ce qui permet à de nouvelles boutiques et de nouveau restos de s'implanter. C'est totalement un embourgeoisement, et c'est ultimement au bénéfice de tout le monde. Tu veux qu'on fasse quoi? Qu'on se bâtisse des McMansions en banlieue et qu'on se tape 1h30 de route pour venir travailler en ville?

You wouldn't tell by its title but this video is actually about Hull's history! I really enjoyed it!

Great video and nice new name ❤

Gentrification is a weird meme used by nimbys to distract from the catastrophe of suburban sprawl. It concedes to an exclusionary framework, based on assumptions that the rich don't want to mix with the poor, and the poor don't want the rich around anyway. Very corrosive and counter-productive. The TERFS of urbanism so to speak.

If you're making the analysis based on the assertion that ile de hull should remain a low income neighbourhood then i see where youre coming from. But when i moved here 12 years ago it was nothing but a crumbling neighbourhood, with majority of people struggling to maintain their own houses. Its time for new people with new demographics to keep the neighbourhood alive. With its location, it'll be impossible to keep it a low income, low cost place, especially with limited industrial employers on the island.

Putting jokes aside, Vieux-Hull was long over due for a make over. We need more place for new people. The town went down in flames multiple time. Now, this part of town was neutralized in the 90's (see Petit Chicago Documentary). So, we need the new air. Pi le cost of living était déjà trop élevé pour les vieilles places merdiques. Au moins, on va avoir un beau coin maintenant. Y'a pas de culture à perdre autre que drogues et alcool. Sorry but not sorry.

C'est tellement le genre de contenu que j'adore pi c'est drette icite à f*cking Hu2L!!!! LET'S GO!!!!

I think the biggest problem with housing is that people have not been empowered to build the city they cherish. So people live in these locations they develop a rich culture in but they don't have the means or power to grow it, leaving them to 2 choices. Rot in a location with no growth or get displaced. By development by outsiders. Developers are often the only people who can build. So when they do they build big and expensive. While if the local community was allowed to grow on its own it could have grown in an organic way overtime that would meet the needs of its community and maintain its culture and identity while also making room for other cultures and identities.

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Great video like always! I wanted to ask you if you live in Gatineau as well. Greetings from Aylmer sector!

Should have extended Line 2 to Tache-UQO, Bayview now has two platfoms so it is possible but we probably won't see this until 2030+.

The article Ottawa's Transit Gong Show in the March - April 2023 edition of The Walrus is shall we say more critical of the project. An illustration from the magazine was used in this video.

I remember the era before the bike lanes were installed. As someone who lived in Downtown Toronto, my main means of transportation were either the TTC or walking. One day, I saw that so many cyclists were traveling in the direction where I was going and the Street Car was still no where to be seen after 20 minutes, so I decided that day that I was going to buy a bike since I was sick and tired of the TTC's inefficiency. The bike was such a good investment. Not only did I save so much money, but I got to where I needed to be much faster too. After that, I exclusively travelled by bike and only used the TTC in rare circumstances. During my early days of biking, I discovered the cause of why the Streetcars were so slow: it was because they were stuck in traffic caused by CARS. This was BEFORE bike lanes and the bikeshare program was even a thing. In those traffic jams, I zipped past those cars and got to my destination as if they weren't an obstacle at all because traffic was so bad, not a single vehicle could move. I definitely sensed those driver's animosity towards me as a cyclist since they were stuck in traffic while I zipped right past them reminding them of their misery. One time, I was almost hit by a vehicle going around 40 to 50 km an hour on University Avenue during the pre-bike lane days. Not only was I pissed, but also baffled that they would travel so fast just so that they would reach the next red light TEN SECONDS sooner. It doesn't matter how fast you're going, the traffic lights ahead makes all your speed gains meaningless. It was so dangerous during that era because open wide roads like University Avenue at that time INVITED drivers to drive really fast because there were no vehicles ahead of them to slow them down and the extra space gives them the option to maneuver at those high speeds. Once the bike lanes were installed, the roads became much safer. Drivers were forced to slow down, but it wasn't a net loss for them because the traffic lights at intersections ahead of them would render their speed gains meaningless anyway. As time passed, traffic became worse, mainly because MORE vehicles started showing up on the roads and they were bigger too. I didn't notice at first, but once it was pointed out to me, I can't unsee it. For some reason, trucks and SUVs became a lot more common, and due to their weight and size, traffic jams became more frequent and roads everywhere suffered massive damage, making it so that the riding experience of me as a cyclist became noticeably bumpier. What I don't get is why are these vehicles so unnecessarily huge now? Not only are the MORE vehicles on the roads, but they're bigger and heavier too. Part of the reason why there are traffic jams everywhere is because there's construction going on all over the city, but the size, weight, and number of additional vehicles definitely contributed to congestion as well. When I looked in the window of these vehicles, it's usually a single occupant: the driver. Such an unnecessary waste of space to transport ONE person. Multiply that by thousands and of course you're going to have gridlock. As a cyclist, I could literally see the bigger picture in real time to know that all these cars coming out at the same time would lead to situations like this. To the driver, they wouldn't know that because they're isolated inside an environment cut off from the outside world, so they ONLY see the car in front of them and the cars beside them. They literally aren't able to see the bigger picture because the inside of a vehicle is the only thing they see and know. They're not able to look at the landscape environment and go: Wow, all these cars coming out at the same time ARE the problem.

The average commuting distance for Toronto residents is roughly 12.3 kms. This is roughly an hour to and from the downtown core. I used to study at Ryerson/TMU and was forced to take the bike when TTC went on strike during an exam. It was a 45 minute trip. It was so efficient compared to the TTC that after I cycled to school almost every single time. I arrived at class warmed up, awake, and more alert than taking the TTC. I stopped buying the discount monthly pass and saved over $1000. My trips to the downtown core are almost exclusively by bike now, and have gotten much more convenient with the Bloor/Danforth and Yonge St. bike lanes.

Life-line that services 1.2% of Toronto commuters and removes lanes from arterial roads used by 70% of commuters. 🤣 1) Cyclists don't have to ride on arterial roads. Bring Uni back to 3 lanes in each direction at 60km, and cyclists can ride in a bike lane on St. George. 2) Cyclists don't have to exercise in traffic, during rush hour. There are lots of bike paths that aren't part of the road system and way safer. 3) Cyclists can buy a Presto pass...it's way safer than riding in traffic. It's about time somebody brought some common sense to Toronto...way too many activists on city council.

Toronto was not designed with bike lanes in mind . . it makes street crossing dangerous for pedestrians . . they do not follow traffic laws.

Why did you use some random AI image for the thumbnail? And glossing over Line 2 was weird when it has been the actual history of rail commuting in Ottawa

Bike lanes are the future (in better places they're the present), and the new ones Doug plans on ripping out will go right back in in a few years. But he's happy to waste tax dollars and put more cars on the road.

This video should not exist, stupidity is king in Ontario. Car culture is the reason why health system is obese.

Could Ontario BAN Bike Lanes ? Here, Title fix ! Doug Ford ain't the Prime Minister of Canada ! He is the Premier of Ontario !

I say they are not really necessary. If you are too fearful to be out in the main road with the traffic you should not be on the road in the first place! The space should be multi use. What makes me mad is having parking out in the middle of the street. Traffic and bike lanes, but NO on street parking!

while you’re down here might as well scroll back up and like the video 👆

Everything mentioned in the video is secondary to the biggest need: EXPANSION. Coverage is pretty pathetic given the overall size of the city. The Metro needs to be usable to get to all significantly dense parts of the city. The days of a Metro being used just to get downtown are long passed. Expansion should never, ever be stopped until most of the city is within a 5 minute walk to a station. Lack of coverage in the southwest and northeast parts of the city is inexcusable. As long the Metro is controlled (funded and planned) by the provincial government, it will never ever be a world class network.

You need to educate yourself on the status of the City of Ottawa (a municipality within the Province of Ontario) and on the role of the NCC (to mamanger certain federal lands). Critique the LRT all you want, but don't spread misinformation!

French is THE official language of the Province of Québec since 1974.

I dont agree with the two at the top

Oh Ottawa... It is one of the most boring capitals in the world. It's not a cultural hub, lacks unique-ness, for it's age has poor design, lots of areas are lacking any character and feels like public transit was an after thought. It's like Canada is afraid to look at how other cities in the world did things and what worked and what didn't and learn from that. Instead, just do it their own way trying to re-invent the wheel ending making it look like a copy and past job of part of other Canadian cities (yes, there's Exception like Kingston).

man, you need a new mic! great video though.

Tramways are too slow they can’t handle fast growing places

You need straight up metro lol

A good video but you need to do something about the poor sound quality

I hate this city so much, I cant wait to move.

Losing the mr-63 cars, they were hot.

French is the official language of the Province since 1974 under the Liberal Party of Québec of Robert Bourassa a federalist party. Law 22.

Thunder Bay

When will the LRT be extended to the airport?

BTW, just wanted to say as well, really enjoy your videos.

The fact that the Chief William Commanda bridge and Bayview station were never future-proofed to support the Trillium line crossing the river kills me. We could've had a first, vital rail link between the two cities, with this new LRT serving as a second transit link.

I hope Gatineau gets a tram before our national transit embarrassment, Québec City.

Ottawa-Gatineau is not one single city. It’s divided by a provincial border that came insanely close to being an international border.

Long commute time? My solution has to ALWAYS live within walking distance (or, for 6 months bicycle distance) to my workplace. If you demand the "suburb" experience, why complain about any of those experiences? OTOH is Gatineau paying for the entire project to the Ottawa border? If not Why NOT?