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Brendan Dawe

@dawe.bsky.social

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Your friendly neighbourhood Vancouverite Housing abundance enthusiast. Planning & Real Estate Consultant. Vive le Canada. Elbows Up

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 1h

anti-social-contractarian theorists in shambles

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 3h

In fact the depreciation tax benefits were so good their dingbats could be operated and rented at cost - the depreciation *was* the profit.

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 3h

This is what I understand for similar Canadian programs (also with the dentists)

Sadly land use planning is too crusted to make screwing with depreciation schedules work today I bet

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 4h

Just come down then

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 5h

I hung out with @woolie.meowmeow.city

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 6h

I dont think thats the dynamic at work

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 6h

To be fare, this primarily the aggregation of earlier planning efforts

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 6h

What you’re seeing when you see a rough circle is a train station and “the province made us do it”

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 7h

Dare I say most countries claiming sovereignty could not produce the bill of sale

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 9h

Also, it’s not far from the university

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 9h

Yes it’s better to bleed them. The stringer was so I could bleed it in the river. At minimum it looks nicer but I think it improves the taste

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 9h

Yes

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 11h

I get the impression that “unceded territory” has been rather thoughtlessly replicated in the many places beyond BC that it has spread to

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 11h

I’m glad that the two most charmingly disagreeable regulars of urbanism-bluesky have weighed-in

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 12h

Behold, the Vancouver Official Development Plan Generalized Land Use Map

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 12h

I like this visualization from Vancouver's draft plan, especially in representing neighbourhood retail as a climate change strategy

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 14h

there was one from Brett Deveraux about how if you own an old car you possess more high quality worked metal than your typical medieval lord

Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 14h

It's funny how much depictions of wealth/poverty are hard to interpret across centuries.

In "The Illiad" the reader that Menelaus is ostentatiously wealthy:

- Has a jug made of silver
- Has a table made of wood
- Helen puts a whole dang wool blanket on her chair so she is comfy

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 14h

if you didn't pay your bus fare the bill would be $173

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 1d

You have missed the point of the article

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 1d

I yearn for the ay when this will be boring

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 1d

I am mostly familiar with Monterey usage,

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 1d

I've never heard anyone pronoucne Portola anything other than port-OL-a? Is someone trying Hispanicise the stress?

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 1d

I had missed this post from Marco but I broadly agree: Down with BRT, long live the Bus

Down with the BRT, long live the Bus

Why Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept

marcochitti.substack.com

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 1d

I assume that there's a lot of uber drivers with crappy carloans who are not going to enjoy this

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 1d

Was this always a state railway or was there a history of concessionaires or private operators pre-modern?

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