Northern Light
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I agree, 100%, the laugh is my enjoyment of your wording.
You are a rare breed that can pull off monopsony in a sentence correctly! Made me smile.
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I agree, 100%, the laugh is my enjoyment of your wording.
You are a rare breed that can pull off monopsony in a sentence correctly! Made me smile.
afransen
Senior Member
My main grumble is that companies in the mean-time have implemented hot desking and wide open plan offices with much higher workspace density which could only be justified during the period of hybrid work. There will be a riot (I will bring my pitchfork) if they expect full-time office attendance with the severe degradation of the office experience entailed in hot desking. To say nothing of the insanity of expecting knowledge workers to be productive in a high distraction, noisy office environment that is designed to make focus work near-impossible.
christiesplits
Senior Member
My employer said they will provide full and dedicated desk space if you commit to coming in four days a week. We currently have a two day a week mandate with hot desks.
allengeorge
Senior Member
I suspect that tech will gravitate to hybrid (3 fixed days) for 70% of total employed base, 20% fully remote, 10% (if not lower) fully in person.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
As long as the CEO leads by example. Often times the higher ups operate on a DAISNAID policy.
DSCToronto
Superstar
From CNN report: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/business/house-prices-impossibly-unaffordable-intl-hnk/index.html
Top 10 “impossibly unaffordable” cities
- Hong Kong
- Sydney
- Vancouver
- San Jose
- Los Angeles
- Honolulu
- Melbourne
- San Francisco/Adelaide
- San Diego
- Toronto
T3G
Senior Member
Nuts to think that NYC isn't on that list!
Northern Light
Superstar
It is on the expanded version of the list and would be considered highly unaffordable. But it does read as more affordable than Toronto.
For clarity here, this is median housing price divided by median income.
Expanded List:
From the above:
From most affordable to least affordable:
You asked about NYC.
NYC is not tracked as market, NY-NJ_PA is tracked, which explains the higher affordability number I'll give you below, they included Newark almost to Philly.
NY area is 7.0 on their scale. vs Toronto at 9.3, Vancouver at 12.3, and HK at 16.7
christiesplits
Senior Member
Following Councillor Jaye Robinson's passing last month, there will be a by-election, likely in the fall, for the vacant Don Valley West seat.
One potential candidate I've heard from my city hall source is Mark Saunders, the former Toronto police chief/2023 mayoral candidate/2022 PC candidate for Don Valley West.
One potential candidate I've heard from my city hall source is Mark Saunders, the former Toronto police chief/2023 mayoral candidate/2022 PC candidate for Don Valley West.
DSCToronto
Superstar
Another example of the foolishness of not dealing with SOGR and replacement issues (See also Ship Channel Bridge and TTC and Gardiner!)
From: https://www.cp24.com/news/expect-long-wait-times-two-toronto-island-ferries-out-of-service-1.6927507
Those visiting the Toronto Islands this weekend could see longer wait times when returning to the city as two of the five ferry boats will be out of service.
The city says the Thomas Rennie, which has a capacity of 915 passengers, and The Trillium, an 815-passenger heritage ferry that only operates in certain weather conditions, are undergoing repairs and aren’t anticipated to be back in service for a couple of weeks.
The other three ferries, Ongiaria, Sam McBride and William Inglis, are expected to operate at full capacity this weekend, the city says.
The Sam McBride has a capacity of 915 passengers, while the Ongiara and William Inglis can carry 389 and 220 passengers, respectively.
On the city’s ferry website, a service alert is posted warning the public to “expect long wait times” returning from the island.
“For a less busy experience, consider travelling back to the city before 4 p.m., using a water taxi, or choosing another time to visit Toronto Island,” the alert read.
The city says it is expecting a busy weekend on the island with the weather as well as the annual Dragon Boat Festival being held on Centre Island.
The boat schedule has been adjusted to increase the frequency of trips to the busiest island dock after 6 p.m. to help get visitors back to the mainland as quickly as possible, the city says.
The ferries operate out of Jack Layton Terminal and carry hundreds of passengers to and from Wards Island, Centre Island and Hanlan’s Point.
The city advises anyone visiting the island to be patient, plan to travel during non-peak hours (e.g., catching a ferry before 10 a.m. and returning to the mainland before 4 p.m.), and buy tickets online.
From: https://www.cp24.com/news/expect-long-wait-times-two-toronto-island-ferries-out-of-service-1.6927507
'Expect long wait times': Two Toronto Island ferries out of service
Those visiting the Toronto Islands this weekend could see longer wait times when returning to the city as two of the five ferry boats will be out of service.
The city says the Thomas Rennie, which has a capacity of 915 passengers, and The Trillium, an 815-passenger heritage ferry that only operates in certain weather conditions, are undergoing repairs and aren’t anticipated to be back in service for a couple of weeks.
The other three ferries, Ongiaria, Sam McBride and William Inglis, are expected to operate at full capacity this weekend, the city says.
The Sam McBride has a capacity of 915 passengers, while the Ongiara and William Inglis can carry 389 and 220 passengers, respectively.
On the city’s ferry website, a service alert is posted warning the public to “expect long wait times” returning from the island.
“For a less busy experience, consider travelling back to the city before 4 p.m., using a water taxi, or choosing another time to visit Toronto Island,” the alert read.
The city says it is expecting a busy weekend on the island with the weather as well as the annual Dragon Boat Festival being held on Centre Island.
The boat schedule has been adjusted to increase the frequency of trips to the busiest island dock after 6 p.m. to help get visitors back to the mainland as quickly as possible, the city says.
The ferries operate out of Jack Layton Terminal and carry hundreds of passengers to and from Wards Island, Centre Island and Hanlan’s Point.
The city advises anyone visiting the island to be patient, plan to travel during non-peak hours (e.g., catching a ferry before 10 a.m. and returning to the mainland before 4 p.m.), and buy tickets online.
DSCToronto
Superstar
Another cyber attack??
Northern Light
Superstar
Marcus Gee with a column up in the Globe lamenting the state of Toronto's public spaces, but really focusing on Clarence Square Park.
The encampment is an obvious issue which he raises, but he also raises general maintenance issues and expresses his objections to the dog's off-leash area......which he observes throws off the symmetry of the park design. (he's not wrong).
www.theglobeandmail.com
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There are indeed issues w/this park; the encampment here has been previously discussed so I'll leave that to one side in favour of nothing that the actual design of the last facelift was poor, from bad lighting, poor path alignment, to the dog area, both good design and historicity were thrown aside here.
.As with so many columns, its shortcoming is in not identifying any politician or staffer to hold to account for the past, the present or the future of the space and a lack of clear direction on what's needed.
As an example, is there another space nearby the DOLA can be moved to?
The encampment is an obvious issue which he raises, but he also raises general maintenance issues and expresses his objections to the dog's off-leash area......which he observes throws off the symmetry of the park design. (he's not wrong).
Why can’t Toronto keep its best public spaces in good repair?
Torontonians should be scandalized by the state of Clarence Square, a classic Victorian park in the teeming King-Spadina district
www.theglobeandmail.com
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There are indeed issues w/this park; the encampment here has been previously discussed so I'll leave that to one side in favour of nothing that the actual design of the last facelift was poor, from bad lighting, poor path alignment, to the dog area, both good design and historicity were thrown aside here.
.As with so many columns, its shortcoming is in not identifying any politician or staffer to hold to account for the past, the present or the future of the space and a lack of clear direction on what's needed.
As an example, is there another space nearby the DOLA can be moved to?
DSCToronto
Superstar
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I'm encouraging my one kid to pursue their career outside of the GTA. I'll miss them, but it's a big country and housing, by which I mean SFH and land-ownership rather than a condo is still affordable.
Here's a quick MLS search for detached houses between $250k and $500k with 3+ bedrooms and 2+bathrooms with a garage. There are 438 listings today in this area below. There's still 123 listings if I drop the max price to $400k.
Some of the houses shown are really pretty, IMO. And there are careers to be had in those smaller cities and towns.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
There are "easy" ways to alleviate the housing issue - start extending the commutershed with higher-speed/high frequency rail. There is no reason why communities along the entire Lake Ontario shoreline, along the 401 to London and 400/404 to Barrie/Orillia can't be part of the commutershed of the city.
AoD