What were the key factors that ensured this? Window type? Materials used in walls? Something else? How do you think one could recognize a well-soundproofed apt/condo without living there?

. Mississauga 'downtown' needs a slowdown July 28, 2007 by Christopher Hume http://www.thestar.com/living/article/239500 Mississauga may have come a long way, but still it has a long way to go. Despite plans to urbanize a community that began life as a bedroom suburb, a lot of...

How hard they work is immaterial - it's what they do that's in question. The scalper comparison isn't far off, imo - it's a parasite industry for the most part. Some brokers provide a useful service, but when they begin to take over the market, you've got a problem. Having lived in 2 cities...

Sadly, my personal opinion is that there is no 'solution' to the handgun problem. There are simply too many of them out there on this continent to do anything significant about it. Some ills just have no cures, and the relatively easy access to handguns, legal or illegal, seems to be one of...

When I was a kid, a friend's father who was bred n' spread in NZ used to pronounce my name (Brian) thusly: "Broin". Later, in French immersion, I was frequently adressed as "Bree-UH". I was a nightmare, I tells ya. Scars.

Cool idea - this should be popular. - Draper Street (only one block long, between Front & Wellington) - Madison Ave between Bloor and Dupont - Tranby, Boswell & Elgin (all only one block long, between Avenue & Bedford) many more soon...

To clarify: unique and contrarian opinions are often wonderful and valuable, if not critically necessary. Many of my heroes are staunch, hard-nosed contrarians and provocateurs. But I'm obviously not alone in finding Shocker's apparently ever-intensifying ideological dogma and relentlessly...

Excellent - thanks for the tip! This nearby joint is pretty good, too: http://www.lahoretikkahouse.com/ Edit: Ah, and mentioned prominently in the review, I see.

You lost me right there. Do you honestly expect this to be taken seriously? The horror... The horror... Yes, "people" are infuriated - typical Faux News-esque tactic, but the Post doesn't even bother with the "some" qualifier, instead going straight to the universal. Ditto - these...

. Spokesman (Phil Hartman): These days, everyone's talking about the Hyundai, and the Yugo. Both nice cars, if you've got $3,000 or $4,000 to throw around. But, for those of us whose name doesn't happen to be Rockefeller, finally there's some good news - a car with a sticker price of $179...

Yes, we know, babel - but please understand that you're virtually alone, if not completely alone, in this opinion. Recognize your decidedly unpopular idiosyncrasy and quite pronounced contrarianism here. Inarguable, no? Quite odd indeed for someone with such a developed aesthetic sense to be...

. Same fight for Calgary, Toronto by Christopher Hume July 26, 2007 http://www.thestar.com/News/article/239973 Toronto's battles with the provincial and federal governments continue unabated, but in the meantime the war to stop civic decline has reached a critical point...

LOL.

No chance - only the most neutral of those gorgeous, pristine neutral greys allowed. Possible new nickname for Shocker: Boxy Grey. .

Here in the reality-based community, we refer to things like the above as a 'non sequitur'. Or, as a 'lie' - your choice.

Personally, I think this is *the* key factor wrt perceptions of Montreal's alleged uber-bohemian-ness. The entire downtown feels like a campus. A great deal of what some perceive as 'artiness' seems to me more like just starving-student-ness in unusually extreme concentration and dominance...

. Leveling restrictions on McMansions As America's desire for bigger houses grows, communities declare enough. But capping growth can have unintended effects. by Nicholas Riccardi, LA Times Staff Writer July 23, 2007...

"I don't mind paying taxes; they buy me civilization." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"...Petersburg, the most theoretical and intentional town on the whole terrestrial globe. (There are intentional and unintentional towns.)" - Fyodor Dostoevsky, 'Notes from Underground' If St.Petersburg is the most "intentional" city, is TO the least? Discuss.

I love that building, as well as the Sherry-Netherland hotel across 59th: Geez, where've you been? Haven't you heard that rich people who claim to care about poor people are just foolish liars who actually only care about their haircuts? Geez, where've you been? You don't...