https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai Unlike Vancouver, when there are extra lanes, it's so much easier to have proper bus lanes & even HOV lanes. It's just a matter of efficiently using that wider road-space. The backwards Vancouver & backwater BC approach is to try to funnel everything into 2 lanes each way whenever possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Dubai Whether its a hot climate or a cold climate, people aren't going to be walking or biking around in 40 to 45C or in -30 to -40C weather.

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/transport/dubai-bus-priority-system-traffic-signals-cuts-delays?utm_medium=recommended-inarticle-dt&utm_source=art-rcmd-api

https://www.dubai.ae/web/dubai.ae/city-of-future

Unless backwards Vancouver & backwater BC build a proper system of bus & HOV bridges & have longer SkyTrain station, it all remains a sad joke. The Iron Bridge replacement, if it ever happens, must not only have 3 general lanes each way, but an extra 2 lanes each way for Rapid Bus Transit & HOV. A 10 lane bridge with a provision for a lower deck, is what a proper big city would do, but Vancouver only wants to be a toy city or a movie set full of fake props.

Real estate remains a key driver of Dubai Investments’ profits

https://gulfnews.com/business/real-estate-remains-a-key-driver-of-dubai-investments-profits-1.500133697

https://gulfnews.com/business/property/dubai-luxury-homes-super-rich-saudis-indians-lead-in-buying-multi-million-dollar-properties-1.500134619

https://www.dubai.ae/web/dubai.ae/city-of-future

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/crime/gulf-first-commercial-brokers-scam-investors-dubai

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Prince of Dubai's Vancouver penthouse listing expires without buyer

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-penthouse-prince-dubai-1011-w-cordova

Monday, December 30, 2024

BC Stumps

There are a lot of stumpy towers around the world that would actually be among the tallest buildings in Vancouver, BC. The Scotia_Tower was never the tallest in Vancouver, but it's been a prominent building on the skyline since 1977. https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=65 34F 138m/452' https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=107855260&offset=50 The windows only go up to 34, then there are 2 windowless floors above that. In contrast, the Scotia_Plaza is double the height & twice the width. That's because such tall buildings in Toronto don't have to be watered down to Vancouver standards.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Vancouver_Skyline_and_Mountains.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Concord_Pacific_Master_Plan_Area.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Vancouverdowntown2019.jpg

Seattle, WA https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6965 38F 141m/462" , https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=27&searchname=timeline

Calgary, Alberta https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=370 39F 147m/481' https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=107855241&offset=25

Perth, WA https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1593 33F 140m/459' , https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=168&searchname=timeline

Dubai https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/16/story-of-cities-43-dubai-world-trade-centre-turned-sand-gold-uae , https://www.dubaidesertsafaris.com/dubai-world-trade-center , https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3245 , https://gulfnews.com/business/dubai-world-trade-centre-marks-40th-anniversary-1.62395318 , https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=23&searchname=timeline It would be stupid & pointless if the towers of Dubai had to be watered down to Vancouver standards.

Bank Bumi Daya Plaza https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=14799 32 floors , https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/jakarta/bank-bumi-daya-plaza/15474 143 m/469 ft , https://www.bumidayaplaza.co.id , https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=750&searchname=timeline

Sunday, August 4, 2024

Is Montreal the best city in North America?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yDtLv-7xZ4

The tallest buildings in Montreal aren't that impressive when compared to what's allowed in Melbourne, Toronto, Chicago & NYC.

https://reporter.mcgill.ca/montreal-named-best-student-city-in-north-america/

Montreal doesn't have the very wide freeways that LA, Houston, Dubai & Toronto have, but its not stuck with the narrow bridges that Vancouver has.

https://vocal.media/wander/why-montreal-is-the-greatest-city-in-north-america

https://blog.mtl.org/en/montreal-ranks-top The Metro is fantastic! Especially the newer walk-through 9 car trains.

https://www.mtlblog.com/2-quebec-spots-ranked-among-best-cities-in-canada

https://www.mtlblog.com/quebec-cities-cheapest-rent-prices-canada

https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal/what-montreals-iconic-habitat-67-was-supposed-to-look-like-photos

At least Montreal hasn't been forced to adhere to the same restrictions as Vancouver. The first 2 SkyTrain lines only have 80m stations, when the Montreal Metro has 152.5m stations. The Canada Line only has 50m stations. It would have been chaos if Montreal had decided to have short stations & narrow bridges.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Montreal

Friday, May 31, 2024

BC unveils-240-language-racism-reporting-helpline

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-unveils-240-language-racism-reporting-helpline-1.6906991 Too little too late?

So many restrictions were imposed in Vancouver (V-BC) during the 1960s & 70s, then also during the 1980s & 90s. This was a time in which there was still mostly White people imposing so many of the overlapping restrictions. Indeed, for most of Vancouver's history, there was a, keep it White & small mentality. That's because if enough key people could stunt & thwart the growth of Vancouver, the same would happen for BC in general.

It is important to note that a slow growth initiative isn't necessarily of a racist nature. However, since most of the people on the planet are non-white, anything to slow down the growth of Vancouver, also slows down the growth of BC. Just look at Alberta & Washington State to see how much larger Seattle, Calgary & Edmonton have become.

Of course over the past few decades, BC started to become more diversified. However, many of the restrictions from the days of the mostly White councils & governments, remain. There has been a multigenerational reluctance to build proper size infrastructure in BC, because that means building for non white people. It's an unfortunate & terrible echo from the old colonial days.

Now that BC has had several years of growing diversity, there is still another agenda that could slow down the growth of Greater Vancouver & BC at large. Environmental restrictions could be used to hold BC & Canada back. It could be a clever way to continue the, KEEP THEM OUT agenda going. BC doesn't even have the population of 1 Switzerland. Canada is nowhere near containing even just 1% of the world's population.

If Canada were to officially say that it's good to keep out most of the world, because it's good for the environment, there would be several challenges. How can so many countries with a smaller land area contain more people? Even if Canada had a dozen cities between the size of Montreal & Toronto, there would still be vast undeveloped areas.

Even if BC planned & properly built up half a dozen big cities, there would still be so much wilderness left.

Why "Nobody" Lives In The VAST MAJORITY Of British Columbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdeZV_caT78

Certainly the housing shortage & the lack of building up a good level of infrastructure, has called for a reduction of immigration. While that might work for a while, at some point Canada might have to explain why its not even able to contain 1% of the world's population? Of course most of humanity happens to be non white, but that's not suppose to be an issue these days.

Hot Singapore & dry Dubai have been able to build up big & tall, because they aren't bound by Canadian & especially, BC type restrictions. Those cities and many more, would collapse if they were somehow Vancouverized. Short trains, narrow bridges & stumpy buildings, would tremendously impede those modern, dynamic cities.

Of course Mumbai & Lagos are HUGE 3rd world cities with major transportation issues. Yet, they have the Third_Mainland_Bridge & the Mumbai_Trans_Harbour_Link.

Indeed, most real cities couldn't properly function with so much crammed into the 3 lane joke that is the Lions_Gate_Dridge. Bus & train tunnels should have been built there decades ago. Hower, the inept Lions-Gate-Bridge has become an enduring symbol of the reluctance of Vancouver & BC to properly plan & build for the future. Even a new or improved Iron_Bridge wont be enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Mumbai#Rail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai#Cityscape Most cities around the world refuse to become Vancouverized. Especially a modern place like Singapore, a big city in a small area.

Switzerland is about a 23rd of the size of BC. Yet, BC doesn't even have the population of one Switzerland.

An immigration plan to attract the more wealthy people can really help to build wealth for a nation. Provided that the infrastructure is properly upgraded. Too many refugees can be a strain on a nation, thats why its imperative to mostly attract the more well off people. Unfortunately, a non-white wealthy person in Canada might cause some jealousy. So at one end of the spectrum are the wealthy immigrants & the refugees at the other. There is a middle area of migrants with general skills that can also expand the economy, but again, some people might become jealous of them.

At the end of the day, Canada still has hardly any of the worlds population & someone seems to like that.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=old+and+new+narrow+bridges

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Toughest time ever to afford a house in Vancouver, Canada

https://vancouversun.com/news/toughest-time-ever-to-afford-a-house-vancouver-in-full-blown-crisis-rbc-report

If developers were allowed to build, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane size towers, as long as they also built some commonly affordable rental buildings, that would be an incentive. Sure, developers can build sky-high in Dubai, NYC & Chicago, but that's usually just for luxurious condo suites.

If developers in Vancouver & BC in general want to build much taller towers, they should also build a lot of low to mid-rise commonly affordable condominiums & rental units. Thus, by doing that in tandem, would allow them to build, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane size towers.

Unfortunately, unless the very strict Vancouver height limitations are updated to proper big city standards, semi-tall luxurious condo towers will be built, but with no incentive for developers to build a lot of affordable housing for a much larger market.