You can have it your own way, if its done just how i say.

I’ve seen a lot of brick driveways and patios warp and heave from the winters in my area. The patios aren’t built to the standard of a road of course but asphalt driveways do seem to outlast the brick ones. The brick driveways have the same benefit as the road with increased permeability.

What choice did that person make? If was freed by them solo or from a group that could influence the decision and their reaction

Is there some kind of drainage system under the bricks? If the ground is frozen, id assume meltwater will collect between and under the bricks.

A massive part of that is water instrusion under the road or into cracks of the surface itself. The frost also expands the underground material sometimes leading to humps on the road that develop to cracks that make the problems worse and worse.

I’d honestly argue the infrastructure is the bigger issue because of all the other shit it influences as well. The poor infrastructure is a massive factor in both pedestrian and occupant safety, it makes cities spread out and inefficient, which causes all the buildings to also be leff effecient (more walls exposed rather than shared with other buildings etc).

The scale and lack of established alternatives makes it very difficult for even a small city to make minor changes without extreme push back (speed cameras and bike lanes were made illegal on province wide scale in my area, making it hard for a city to make improvements to cycling and speeding).

This hasn’t even touched on the environmental factors, road noise, or maintaince budgets. The infrastructure is the biggest part of the problem, it has gone on long enough to let the SUV become so wide spread.

Minivan makes an excellent work van for certain industries. I see a lot of painters use them. Cheaper and more effecient than a truck or work van.

That doesn’t work everywhere. The netherlands doesn’t experience too many freeze/thaw cycles and their ground doesn’t freeze for half the year.

Right trump just sat on his ass the whole time and let the votes flood in, not like he used every possible opportunity to flood both social and traditional media with his face and voice. Not like he was buddy buddy with the tech billionaires who control that media.

That war spurred the development of the trent severn waterway to provide a safer, more in land route to move supplies and men in the case of another war with the US. The waterway was nearly outdated for modern ships by the time it was completed but that doesn’t change the strategic background of the development.

All a ruse to justify hiking prices

He can defintely still drink through the other side of his mouth. He can also puff and chuff on the cigar without his hands. His laptop is all voice activated and he’s trained it to understand his slurred and mumbled speech.

That could be part of your research process, by moving to city that is more walkable, pro-transit etc. Which i do know is easier said that done and often is more expensive.

We do need collective action to make it better but the affordability crisis is incredibly complex and must be tackled from several factors ranging from car dependancy, city zoning, rent control policies, and several other factors. Most of what i mentioned is on the type and supply side, we also need to consider wage growth and job positions available. It becomes a complex mess with no 1 factor to blame.

One of the most effective things you can do is vote locally for politicians that want beneficial change like density and transit, and not vote for the ones that do things like “even though this road is zoned for multi units and mid rises, im gonna fight every development that isn’t a SFH because it ruins the “character” of the neighborhood.”

Counter to your point, i did leave my home city that was too expensive for me to live in. I did nearly become homeless before landing a job but once i landed a job i was able to afford a small house in a few years, a nearly impossible goal for me in my home town.

I did have the benefit of my work skills are fairly universal and I could find some kind of employment nearly anywhere. If its an attainable goal to move, even if risky id say more often than not its worthwhile. It would be wise to do extensive research into average living costs and employment opportunities before moving.

America can only be great if all the poor people leave, duh.

On average it isn’t any cheaper to live in Canada, Canada does offer more social services at least.

A lot of my conservative friends have similar talking points “i don’t like ford but…” it usually boils down to racism and feeling superior.

What i don’t get is several of these supporters rely heavily on healthcare, mental healthcare, OSAP, & disability pay, all things most conservative MPs fight to defund.

A lot of them literally would rather suffer under ford so long as they can fool themselves they are in the “in group” and not the “out group”. Its brown people taking advantage of the services that are the mooches, not me! Its the immigrants fault i don’t have a job etc etc

I swear the left are harder on singh than some of the racist right wingers I’ve met.

All worth it to own the libs and end wokeness if you ask their base.

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