You would run the country into even worse finances if that’s how you made decisions. At some point you just have to move forward with what is a reasonable cost otherwise every project will be hijacked by NIMBYs who will demand the most expensive available option. And by your logic you will have...

I don’t believe that’s the case. It’s just the people who own properties beside the Main Street which have so much power they are making a fuss. I don’t know why everyone should be screwed because of them. I say build it down the middle like it should be and move on. Everything shouldn’t be...

I actually do have some pride about celebration square. I thought it might be used once a year. Instead it’s used regularly. It’s a success story no matter how you look at it. So I do have pride about it. Does any other suburb have a main area where their people congregate? Brampton, Pickering...

SES? You think misssissauga road and burnamthorpe represent lower socioeconomic status? Or ponytrail drive and burnamthorpe? I mean it’s not Lorne park but it’s not exactly where they hand out food stamps. But I do agree with your premise that mcc being a considerable distance from Toronto...

I think his point is that there are plenty of suburbs in nyc. Brooklyn is a suburb. Yet Brooklyn has its own distinct culture and feels more like it could be its own city.

Mavis and Burnamthorpe

I don’t expect hurontario to ever have patios but the buildings should still face the street like university avenue. If we are going to put a lrt on hurontario and pretend it’s our Yonge street then we shouldn’t completely give up on the idea of making it more aesthetically pleasing. There’s no...

I’m your neighbour and to be honest it’s a bit frustrating on the east side. But I’m hopeful that all the development that happens going forward learns from what’s taking place on the west side. Plus the east side will have the lrt which is a big advantage. There is some major developments that...

Yup. It feels like I hear there’s no pedestrians in Mississauga all the time. But confederation, living arts drive, Duke of York all contest that negativity. If what’s happened in these areas keep happening in the new areas than there will be an urban core.

I spent a lot of time downtown when I was in Scarborough. Almost none at STC. In fact if I wanted a mall we went to Fairview. Downtown will always be a bigger draw but there’s no denying the events that take place at celebration square or living arts centre. Sheridan in the core makes a...

In some ways I agree with you. But I grew up not far from Scarborough city hall and we never went there for any event. We always went to Scarborough town centre. In Mississauga you can go to square one but you might find yourself at celebration square for a busker fest or for the raptors...

That maybe. But Mississauga having its own city hall will mean that the more it grows the more it will be its own distinct city. Meanwhile Scarborough town centre will always be torontos suburb and the taxes flow to the core not to the outskirts hubs of its city. For example the main library is...

Don’t worry the goal posts will move. Was university avenue an urban street? It’s three lanes in each direction! Is Yonge street an urban street it’s two lanes in each direction. That’s the same as confederation. But soon it will be a no car street and torontonians will act like these pedestrian...

We aren’t talking about a minor service upgrade though. We’re talking a substantial overhaul. And at some point we’re going to have this conversation anyways. Why not have it before we hire a bunch of new people which won’t take kindly to being replaced by robots.

Is there no way to make automated trains.

Besides port credit won’t even let 40s be built. No luck, thoughts or prayers are going to get a 50 built.

If no one whined Michael would still be sleeping on his couch with a bag full of nachos while the tv is playing. Enough whining happened that someone woke him up from his slumber and said oh wait this is good for my career. Then he used his card. So there may have been a combo here. But whining...

People on these threads tell me that I shouldn’t whine to advocate for transit in Mississauga but dang it I’ll humble myself and accept that crying is exactly how we’re making our decisions.

I mean we are building a subway to Scarborough with likely a sheppard extension. Data. F data.

A baseball stadium isn’t exactly a small place. And if you want it beside transit that’s a lot of premium property gone from either condos or businesses for the possibility of a ball park. I’m happy to have planning departments but some things are harder to plan for than others. The fact is...