robmausser
Senior Member
LMAO that first picture is hilarious.
"TRAIN? Now where did that train come from? How dare it encroach on our property!!"
*Ignoring the fact that those train tracks were there before these people were even born
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you think they may be putting on a sad face for the pic? dramatic effect maybe?They all look so miserable. Does anything make them happy?
LMAO that first picture is hilarious.
"TRAIN? Now where did that train come from? How dare it encroach on our property!!"
*Ignoring the fact that those train tracks were there before these people were even born
Where did those photos come from, @nfitz?
“The bottom line is we know we bought properties that had train tracks, [but] we didn’t realize this was going to be a highway for train transport,” said Roberge at her house late last month, as a train went by, pausing the conversation. “So imagine that, every three-and-a-half minutes? That’s not fair. That’s not a viable option.”
Roberge said that she and many of her neighbors are worried about the hit that the service increases would take on their property values, especially as there are no noise or security fences installed in her area on the south side of the tracks.
yepNot entirely sure if they were self-provided, or the newspaper took them.
You can see the article when you click on them, right?
Okay - I wondered if it was something I had a subscription or something to.
Seems area residents (or Nimbys) get painted with an awfully negative brush on public forums, often for nothing more than wanting their voices heard in transportation projects. If groups like these result in, say, more attractive and naturalized embankments and noise walls, it's a good thing.
I am always bemused by these very liberal neighbourhoods raising the same concerns you'd see in hard blue ones. Perhaps they're not so different after all.
Speaking of the Spadina Expressway, it's ironic, that the properties in question, were all slated to be expropriated for construction of the Gardiner/Scarborough Expressway that was to parallel the tracks from Coxwell eastward.I'd say there's a difference between property owners and non-property owners in these cases. Property ownership tends to correlate more to conservative and NIMBY views in my opinion. It makes sense when we look at historic NIMBY and/or protest movements too. The Spadina Expressway was blocked primarily by homeowners after all. Conversely, downtown and inner city Toronto was once more dominated by renters or poorer property owners. Nowadays the Beaches are pretty rich and I suspect a number of those nouveau-riche are particularly property rich.
I see little to no benefit to RER stop with in the city of Toronto, they amy help places outside where the is no other options to get to Toronto by public Transport,
The city is still in the process of selling off old Scarborough expressway lands. They sat on a lot of it for a long while.Speaking of the Spadina Expressway, it's ironic, that the properties in question, were all slated to be expropriated for construction of the Gardiner/Scarborough Expressway that was to parallel the tracks from Coxwell eastward.
And they were saved as part of a process that instead promised a rail service every 2 minutes - more frequently than even currently being proposed. Some of the properties were actually purchased the city - such as 38 Wildwood. I wonder if there's a complete list somewhere.